The Ottoman Sultans used all of the following approaches to manage their expanding empire EXCEPT
A) training janissaries as the military elite.
B) seizing young recruits to serve as future bureaucrats.
C) supplanting local leaders with hand-chosen loyalists.
D) suppressing non-Islamic religions.

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The Ottoman Empire was known for its relatively tolerant approach to religious diversity, allowing various religious communities to maintain their practices and institutions under a system known as the Millet system. This system enabled non-Islamic religions to have a certain degree of autonomy, contradicting the idea that the Ottomans suppressed non-Islamic religions as a method of managing their empire.

The Ottoman Sultans Used All of the Following Approaches to Manage