Christianity in the Ottoman Empire
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Christianity in the Ottoman Empire
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Under the Ottoman Empire's millet system, Christians and Jews were considered dhimmi under Ottoman law in exchange for loyalty to the state and payment of the jizya tax. Orthodox Christians were the largest non-Muslim group. With the rise of Imperial Russia, the Russians became a kind of protector of the Orthodox Christians in the Ottoman Empire. Conversion to Islam in the Ottoman Empire involved a combination of individual, family, communal and institutional initiatives and motives. The process
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Overview of the history of Christianity in the Ottoman Empire
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_the_Ottoman_Empire
date created:
2006-06-22T16:19:38Z
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2024-09-01T16:50:47Z
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