Question
The Turkish television series Magnificent Century, a historic drama that caused controversy over its portrayal of Ottoman rulers, gets its name from this ruler’s epithet “the Magnificent.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this Ottoman ruler, often called “The Lawgiver”, who reigned between 1520 and 1566.
ANSWER: Suleiman I [or Suleiman the Magnificent; or Suleiman the Lawgiver; or Süleyman-ı Evvel; or Ḳānūnī Sulṭān Süleymān]
[10m] Roxelana, Suleiman I’s legal wife, was brought to the Ottoman Empire by slave raiders based in this region, which formed a Khanate of the Tatar people that was the longest-lasting successor state of the Golden Horde.
ANSWER: Crimea [or Crimean peninsula; accept Krym or Crim; accept Taurica or Tauric peninsula]
[10h] A Magnificent Century spin-off portrayed this woman during the reign of her husband, Ahmed I, and as the valide [“vah-lee-DAY”] sultan for her sons Murad IV and Ibrahim during the Sultanate of Women.
ANSWER: Kösem Sultan [or Mahpeyker Sultan or Mahpeyker Kösem Sultan; accept Sultana Kösem]
<Elias Ziyadeh, World History>
Summary
| 2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal) | 10/28/2023 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Data
| Stanford | Berkeley A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |