The Ottomans

I thought the give and take between the Turks and the Christians was interesting. At first the book made it seem like being a Christian in the Ottoman empire was a good life with fewer and lesser taxes and less oppression. Still being a female Christian in the Ottoman empire had an advantage because you could go to a Muslim courts in order to have more rights. Though it still is unfair that women did not have enough rights in the Christian religion to go the a christian court, it is still amazing that they had that opportunity. Also being a Christian, male or female, would have been awful as a parent. Many sons in Christian families were torn away from their families by the Turks in order to be converted to the Islamic faith, taught Turkish, and go on to become a part of their administration or their military. All in all being a part of the Christian faith in the Ottoman empire would have been great if you were not planning on having a family or rather keeping one together.