The correct answer is They were slave soldiers who gained social status through war.
Explanation: The Ottoman Janissary was the army elite of the Ottoman sultans. The force, created by Sultan Murade I, consisted of Christian children captured in battle, taken as slaves and converted to Islam.
They were educated in Islamic law and the Turkish language, while learning to handle weapons and educated in the military arts. Young people grew up with their own sultan as a father figure, for whom they would be willing to defend to death even against their own people of origin.
The young Christians, owed their allegiance only to the sultan, and would fight any enemy for him.
The Summerian Calender was based off the movement of the moon.
Answer:
To increase the production of cotton farming.
Explanation:
It was used to pick seeds out of cotton at a higher rate than by hand. This helped increase the amount of cotton slaves were able to treat and bag to be sold. It helped cotton become the leading export by the 19th century.
I'm not sure if any were begun in 1775. The American Revolution was occurring at the time but it started in 1760's the sugar and stamp acts were in 1764 and 1765, While the Townsend act was in 1770. The declaration wasn't even started until 1817.
