Tanzimat reforms - South Central

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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California	2025-02-01	Y	3	20.00	100%	67%	33%
Florida	2025-02-01	Y	3	23.33	100%	67%	67%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	Y	6	15.00	100%	17%	33%
Midwest	2025-02-01	Y	6	20.00	100%	50%	50%
North	2025-02-01	Y	3	16.67	100%	0%	67%
Northeast	2025-02-01	Y	5	20.00	100%	40%	60%
Pacific Northwest	2025-02-01	Y	2	25.00	100%	100%	50%
South Central	2025-02-01	Y	2	15.00	100%	0%	50%
Southeast	2025-02-01	Y	4	22.50	100%	75%	50%
UK	2025-02-01	Y	10	21.00	100%	60%	50%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	Y	8	15.00	100%	38%	13%
Upstate NY	2025-02-01	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%

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ASU	TAMU	0	10	0	10
Texas B	Texas A	0	10	10	20