The Ottoman Empire was one of the most powerful empires during the 15th and 16th centuries. In 1453‚ the conquest of Constantinople gave the Ottoman Empire control over what had been the Byzantine Empire. The conquering of Constantinople gave the Ottoman’s control of the Balkans. The Ottomans next large conquest was the Arab world. “With the rise of Mehmet II‚ called “the Conqueror (Fatih) ‚ the Ottomans began a new era of conquest that extended the empire’s rule ... over the lands of the Islamic
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OTTOMAN EMPIRE: 1.The Ottoman Empire was the Islamic world’s most important empire in the early modern period 2. long conflict (1534–1639) between Sunni Ottomans and Shia Safavids 3. the Ottoman Empire was the site of a significant cross-cultural encounter a. in Anatolia‚ most of the conquered Christians converted to Islam b. in the Balkans‚ Christian subjects mostly
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The Ottoman Empire had a very complex government system‚ however it was very organized with everyone having a certain job. It often happened that only men worked in the government. The empire was multinational‚ meaning it spread across many nations‚ it covered almost all of southeastern Europe. It was also dynastic which means they had a line of hereditary rulers‚ during the 600 years that the empire was standing it had a line of seven hereditary rulers. They had an absolute monarchy government‚
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During the time period from 1450 to 1750‚ two powerful empires were in the process of being built. These two empires were the Ottoman and the Spanish. During the building process of their empires‚ the Ottoman and the Spanish both developed many similarities in their political‚ social‚ and economic affairs. A major similarity between these empires was that they both had a similar slave system. Although the Ottoman and the Spanish had many similarities‚ they also had many differences. The religions
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The Ottoman Empire joined World War I in search to save themselves and avoid risk of destruction‚ but the exact opposite happened to them causing their ultimate downfall. The Ottoman Empire began in the year 1299. The empire stood for about 600 years and was established by Turkish tribes in Anatolia‚ Turkey. The name “Ottoman” came from the founding Turkman chief‚ Osman the first. Osman founded the dynasty and the empire around the year 1300. Overtime‚ the Ottoman Empire would continue to progress
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the decline of power‚ the Ottoman Empire and China experienced serious economic and political issues. The Ottoman Empire and China were among the most prosperous empires in the world‚ militarily eclipsing European countries in ancient times. However‚ due to similar reasons and idiosyncratic factors‚ the two empires saw the downfalls. To begin with‚ economically‚ the Ottoman Empire and China deteriorated from inside. However‚ the declines were different. The Ottoman Empire was one of the largest countries
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In 1908‚ a small group of Ottoman revolutionaries popularly known as the “Young Turks” came to power. The Young Turks consisted of young army officers‚ and students. These young men overthrew Sultan Abdul Hamid‚ and ingrained a more constitutional government. Firstly‚ the Armenian population was hopeful that they would have an equal new state. This hope quickly died out. The Armenians learned what the Young Turks wanted most of all. This was to “Turkify” the empire. This means that non- Turks and
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Cultural change over time!!! Cultural change over time is good because the way the world has developed or such little time is amazing‚ the technology has changed a lot and has expanded since the 70s and cars have been modified to‚where now it is Easier to get around now. One thing that cultural change over time has changed or improved is technology. Technology back in the 70s and 80s was new to people and it was a lot of money to get technology. It was hard for people that didn’t have money because
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The Ottoman Empire had taken control of the Armenians and had turned into a dictatorship. They started to dislike the Armenians. The Ottomans completely turned against the Armenians. They banned almost anything with the Armenians including their rights and even the mention of them. The Turkish turned against the Armenians as well and refused to lose to Armenians in competition‚ even coming up with the slogan "strive against successes of ethnic of sports." The Turkish said that was their ultimate
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than in preceding periods‚ art was an instrument of dynastic expression in this great age of empires. Spurred by royal patronage‚ the arts flourished under the Ottomans and Safavids. Ottoman art was a vibrant synthesis of Turkish and Persian-Islamic‚ Byzantine‚ and Mediterranean culture and styles through conquest‚ through direct invitation of artisans‚ or through the migration of peoples. The Ottoman Turks were renowned for their architecture‚ as well as for their traditions of calligraphy and
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