Multiple choice

the policy of taking boys from conquered Christian peoples to be trained as Muslim soldiers

  1. devshirme

  2. enslavement

  3. enlistment

  4. janissary

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Explanation

The devshirme system involved the Ottoman state taking Christian boys from the Balkans, converting them to Islam, and training them for military or administrative service.