Which leader of a muslim empire ordered a new code of laws for his empire and oversaw construction of a stunning mosque in the capital at istanbul? a. osman b. ismail c. süleyman d. babur

Osman was the leader of a Muslim empire ordered a new code of laws for his empire and oversaw construction of a stunning mosque in the capital at Istanbul. The correct option in regards to the given question is option "A". Osman was the founder of the Ottoman Empire.Sultan Mehmed II conquered Istanbul in 1453 and it laid the foundation of a great empire. Istanbul was then named as Constantinople. After Osman died the expansion of the Ottoman empire did not stop, it went on continuing with the expansion. Orhan was the son of Osman and he changed the capital of the Ottoman empire from Constantinople to Bursa after conquering it.

The correct answer is - captives in war.

The slavery in Africa, as in most of the world, existed for a very long time. Prior to the explorations of the Europeans, the slaves in Africa very the people who were captured in a war. The stronger tribes had lot of slaves from the tribes that they managed to defeat and conquer.

When the Europeans had the need for workers on the farms, they started to buy the African slaves, and it benefited both them and the Africans that were selling the slaves. Unfortunately, that developed into a business, so the stronger African tribes started to capture people and enslave them in order to make profit out of them, so it became a very big business on the Atlantic coast for few centuries.