To what can one attribute the vast expansion and continued control of Ottoman territories into southern Europe and northern Africa?
AThey were following the footsteps of earlier Arab conquerors so the territories adopted easily to the Islamic rule of the Ottomans
BThe Ottomans combined a strong military presence with an eye to accommodation of local religious traditions
CThe Ottomans inherited the Byzantine lands as well as their effective governmental apparatus that enabled the easy incorporation of new lands into the empire
DThe conquered lands were in the position to negotiate extended legal and political rights despite the dominance of the Ottoman military
AThey were following the footsteps of earlier Arab conquerors so the territories adopted easily to the Islamic rule of the Ottomans
BThe Ottomans combined a strong military presence with an eye to accommodation of local religious traditions
CThe Ottomans inherited the Byzantine lands as well as their effective governmental apparatus that enabled the easy incorporation of new lands into the empire
DThe conquered lands were in the position to negotiate extended legal and political rights despite the dominance of the Ottoman military