The Janissaries were
A) Christian heretics who sought refuge in the Ottoman Empire.
B) the sultan's crack troops, originally kidnapped Christians trained to be intensely Turkish and Islamic.
C) Ottoman Turk aristocrats.
D) Muslim “heretics” at odds with the sultan.
E) Christian knights who continued to fight Islam in the Ottoman Empire.
Ans: B
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