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Why was it important that so many people in the ottoman empire shared the same religion?

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The shared religion of the Ottoman Empire made it possible for the Empire to grow as large as it did, enabling it to bring together a confederation of tribes and nation states to band together under the banner of the Ottoman Empire.

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