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- The Ottomas were Turkish speaking nomadic people. - The Ottoma empire enjoyed a golden age under the sultan. - A huge bureaucracy supervised the business of government and the powerful milatary kept peace. - Ottoman society was divided into classes - The Ottomens ruled diverse people and many realigions

__Territorial transformation can also be caused by trade. Islam spread from the Arabian Peninsula through trade to Northern Africa and Southeast Asia. We can use maps to trace trade routes that carried this religion around the world. Today Indonesia has the largest Islamic population in the world and their laws and government policies reflect the influence of Islamic values.__

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