BACKGROUND ON SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT

• Suleiman the magnificent was known as the "Law giver".
• Was born6 November 1494 Trabzon, Ottoman Empire
• Died 6 September 1566 (aged 71) Kingdom of Hungary
• Suleiman the magnificent was the sultan (leader) from 1520 to 1566.
• Suleiman was handed Down the position of sultan after his father died in 1520.
• They called him suleiman the magnificent because he significantly expanded the empire in the Balkans and eastern Mediterranean.

POLITICAL

• Süleyman’s armies conquered Hungary, over which the Ottomans maintained control for over 150 years, and they advanced as far west as Vienna, threatening the Habsburg's.
• In the Mediterranean, their navy captured all the principal North African ports, and for a time the Ottoman fleet completely dominated the sea.
• His religion was Islam

ECONOMICAL/ CULTURAL

• Along with geographic expansion, trade, economic growth, and tremendous cultural and artistic activity helped define the reign of Süleyman as a “Golden Age.”
• In Constantinople, he embarked on vast cultural and architectural projects.