Time spent in this empire was the subject of a detailed series of letters by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. (10[1])The influential mothers of this empire’s rulers were known as “Valide.” (10[1])A formerly enslaved woman, who was often called Roxelana by ambassadors, (10[1])became powerful as the wife (10[1])of a ruler from this empire. This empire decriminalized homosexuality in 1858 as part of its Tanzimat (10[1])Reforms. This empire formed a corps of soldiers under a “child levy” policy called devshirme, (10[1])whose Balkan Christian conscripts were forced to convert to Islam; those elite infantry units were called Janissaries. For 10 points, name this empire whose sultans included Suleiman the Magnificent. ■END■