The "tulip period" in the Ottoman Empire was one in which Ottomans:
a. emulated western European fashions
b. traded with Holland for tulips and clogs
c. had the red tulip as the official insignia of the Janissary corps
d. achieved domination in trade over Venice as the sole exporters of tulip bulbs from Istanbul.
e. made an alliance with the Dutch at the expense of all other western European trade.
ANSWER:
a
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