Question
This initiative resulted in the creation of provincial courts as part of the Vilayet Law, replacing the eyalet system. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this initiative that included the decriminalization of homosexuality and a “reform edict” granting religious freedom to all. This mid-19th century initiative’s goals were laid out in the “Supreme Edict of the Rosehouse.”
ANSWER: Tanzimat reforms [or Reorganization period]
[10e] The Tanzimat reforms implemented a modern standing army for the Ottoman Empire after the loss of prestige of these earlier soldiers. Mahmud II disbanded this group of Ottoman soldiers in the Auspicious Incident.
ANSWER: Janissaries [or Janissary Corps; or Yeniçeri]
[10h] The Tanzimat reforms outlawed the slave trade of women of this ethnicity, who were concubines in wealthy Ottoman harems. Voltaire claimed that women of this ethnicity introduced inoculation to the Ottoman Empire.
ANSWER: Circassians [or Cherkess; accept Adyghe; accept Kabardians]
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