The Ottoman Empire: A Complex Government System
The Ottoman Empire had a very complex government system, however it was very organized with everyone having a certain job. It often happened that only men worked in the government. The empire was multinational, meaning it spread across many nations, it covered almost all of southeastern Europe. It was also dynastic which means they had a line of hereditary rulers, during the 600 years that the empire was standing it had a line of seven hereditary rulers. They had an absolute monarchy government, which means they had one ruler that controlled everything, although that ruler often had other people that were under him manage the empire. They had four different types of people within their government, each one doing something different. The sultan
was the empire's ruler; and he naturally controlled pretty much everything as a whole, the military institution controlled expansion and protection, the administrative institution took care of taxes and revenue control, and finally the religious institution focused on keeping peace with religion. Where you were on the political scale also affected where you were on the social scale and if you knew anyone involved in the government that was high on the social class, your social standing often increased. The Sultan never fully managed the empire on his own, he had people under him do it, even though he often took the advantages of being the ruler. They had one political theory and that was that justice was guaranteed, no matter how rich or poor you were, you were always guaranteed justice. Any of the traditions that the empire took part in were taken from other ethnic groups like Turks, Persians, mongols, and Islam. The empire was split into many different provinces each having a different ruler along with different rules, however they couldn’t change the rules to much since there was only one Sultan. One of the main reasons that this empire thrived for 600 years was because of their strong government structure along with their political systems.
was the empire's ruler; and he naturally controlled pretty much everything as a whole, the military institution controlled expansion and protection, the administrative institution took care of taxes and revenue control, and finally the religious institution focused on keeping peace with religion. Where you were on the political scale also affected where you were on the social scale and if you knew anyone involved in the government that was high on the social class, your social standing often increased. The Sultan never fully managed the empire on his own, he had people under him do it, even though he often took the advantages of being the ruler. They had one political theory and that was that justice was guaranteed, no matter how rich or poor you were, you were always guaranteed justice. Any of the traditions that the empire took part in were taken from other ethnic groups like Turks, Persians, mongols, and Islam. The empire was split into many different provinces each having a different ruler along with different rules, however they couldn’t change the rules to much since there was only one Sultan. One of the main reasons that this empire thrived for 600 years was because of their strong government structure along with their political systems.