Question

To what can one attribute the vast expansion and continued control of Ottoman territories into southern Europe and northern Africa?

a. They were following the footsteps of earlier Arab conquerors so the territories adopted easily to the Islamic rule of the Ottomans
b. The Ottomans combined a strong military presence with an eye to accommodation of local religious traditions
c. The Ottomans inherited the Byzantine lands as well as their effective governmental apparatus that enabled the easy incorporation of new lands into the empire
d. The conquered lands were in the position to negotiate extended legal and political rights despite the dominance of the Ottoman military

Answer 1

One could attribute the vast expansion and continued control of Ottoman territories into southern Europe and northern Africa to the fact that "b. The Ottomans combined a strong military presence with an eye to accommodation of local religious traditions," since it was this toleration that helped reduce the amount of uprisings.