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Empress of the East Class_TWEENS (YOUNG READER) (9-12) and demographic cyclesAbducted by slave traders from her home in Ruthenia modern day Ukraine around 1515, Roxelana was brought to Istanbul and trained in the palace harem as a concubine for Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent, ruler of the Ottoman Empire and one of the worlds most powerful men. Suleyman became besotted with Roxelana and foreswore all other concubines, freeing and marrying her. The bold and canny Roxelana became a shrewd diplomat and philanthropist, helping