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“The Tax Officials are to Pay Installments”: Ottoman Tax Farming in the Fifteenth Century

Discussion of teaching tax farming

Bram Hubbell
Bram Hubbell
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“The Tax Officials are to Pay Installments”: Ottoman Tax Farming in the Fifteenth Century
From page 70 of the AP World History Course and Exam Description
From page 70 of the AP World History Course and Exam Description

Whenever I taught about taxation in world history, I would joke with students about how taxation is everyone’s favorite subject. There rarely is a time when students enjoy learning about tax collection. I tried to use fun primary source documents or exciting anecdotes to make the topic a little more enjoyable. There are a surprising number of translated Ottoman documents when teaching tax farming.

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