Starter quiz
- Select the buildings that Suleiman had built in Istanbul that are still there today.
- theatres
- aqueducts ✓
- mosques ✓
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- The ______ Empire was the largest in history when Suleiman was the Sultan.
- 'Ottoman' ✓
- Suleiman was known as ‘Suleiman the Lawgiver’.
- True ✓
- False
- A place of prayer for Muslims is called a...
- church
- temple
- mosque ✓
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- Suleiman had a huge __________ repaired to bring fresh water into Constantinople.
- aqueduct ✓
- river
- road
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- Suleiman built a mosque in Damascus which became an important stop on the way to…
- 'Mecca' ✓
Exit quiz
- Suleiman is known as ‘Suleiman the Magnificent’ and 'Suleiman the Lawgiver'.
- True ✓
- False
- Match the keywords to the correct definition.
- literature⇔writing that is thought of as a work of art ✓
- Golden Age⇔a time in the past when everything seemed to be good ✓
- The time of Suleiman has been called a 'Golden Age' because...
- there were lots of golden books.
- there was lots of art, decorated buildings and literature. ✓
- there were lots of artists leaving the empire.
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- Suleiman wrote lots of his own…
- 'poems' ✓
- The Book of Suleiman was…
- Suleiman’s mother’s story
- Suleiman’s sister’s story
- Suleiman’s story ✓
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- Art at this time started to include lots of which flower?
- 'tulips' ✓
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Key learning points
- Suleiman loved art, poetry and literature, even composing poems himself.
- He spent huge amounts of money making his palace a centre for art and writing.
- Artists, poets and writers from all over the Ottoman Empire were paid to paint and write for him.
- With all these beautiful paintings and wonderful pieces of writing, this time has been called a 'Golden Age'.
- In the West, people have given Suleiman the nickname, 'the Magnificent' because of this.
Common misconception
Some may think that 'Suleiman the Lawgiver' and 'Suleiman the Magnificent' are different people.
Explain that these are different names used for the same person to remember different elements of his time as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
Keywords
Golden age - Golden Age means a time in the past when everything seemed to be good
Literature - literature is writing that is thought of as a work of art
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