The devshirme system involved
a. taking Christian children from the Balkans for Ottoman government and military service.
b. the forced conversion of Islamic children for military service.
c. the strict segregation of children of different genders.
d. female infanticide.
e. child agricultural labor.
ANSWER:
a
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