The power structure of the Ottoman Empire
a. was highly structured, with the ruler's oldest son always succeeding to power.
b. was not hereditary, and the sultan was succeeded by his highest-ranking military subordinate.
c. was physically centered in the Topkapi.
d. divided power between the vezir, "the sultanate of women," and devshirme scholars.
e. lacked an imperial bureaucracy, a serious weakness in an empire of that size.
c
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