The Ottoman Empire reached its top supremacy during the 16th century wherein its scope of power stretched to parts of Central and Southeastern Europe and to the desserts of the Middle East. The empire is known to have established a very strong‚ organized and effective form of government over its people with the Sultan holding the highest in power and was considered as the supreme ruler. The Sultan also ruled the lands and provinces of the empire and over its government officials and executed decisions
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While the Ottoman Empire was declining after putting themselves through many wars in the early 20th century‚ the new Turkish government pondered ways to revive their empire and return to an Islamic state as they were also getting themselves into World War 1. As the minority Armenian group was being accused of assisting the Russian enemy‚ an ethnic cleanse was a solution to the empire’s slump. Despite this ethnic cleanse and deportation of traitors being seen as good in the eyes of a Turk‚ their resolution
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The Janissaries of the Ottoman/Turkish Empire The Janissaries was an elite corp. in the standing army of the Ottoman Empire from the late 14th century to 1826. Highly respected for their military prowess in the 15th and 16th centuries‚ the Janissaries became a powerful force to be reckoned with on the battlefield‚ and in government administrations. The janissaries were organized into three unequal divisions: the cemaat‚ bölükhalki‚ and segban. The Janissary corps was originally staffed by Christian
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Suleiman the First‚ was the 10th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire‚ who first came to a leadership position as a prince at the age of 17 as a governor. Suleiman was well known throughout Europe and the Ottoman empire as “Suleiman the Magnificent” as well as “Suleiman the Lawgiver” for all the accomplishments he achieved as sultan. In Ottoman Empire‚ all people are considered slaves beneath the sultan‚ not in a derogative way as one nowadays would think but in a cultural and religious aspect. Lybyer (1913)
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In 1915‚leaders of the Ottoman Empire(Young Turks) set up a plan to eliminate the Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire. Sources have stated that approximately 2 million Armenians were killed during the Armenian Genocide. The Armenian Genocide was just one of three genocides the ruthless Ottoman Empire caused.(the others being Assyrian Genocide and the Greek Genocide) The reason behind this genocide(this is the first ever genocide to called be called a genocide) is that the “Young Turks” strongly
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School System :) Education for all has been one of the grand causes of national progress. Less than a century ago comparatively few of the working folk could read. One of the reasons for the growth of popular education has been the spread of democratic ideas and of the application of industry to science. It began to dawn upon the people how profitable it would be for each inhabitant of a country to be able to communicate with or receive communications from others through ability to read and
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Empires have risen and fallen due to the exchange of power resulting from land and sea disputes. As a new empire settles in and establishes new rules‚ the fundamentals of normal operation are thrown off and other countries are forced to adapt. Often times these changes bring new opportunities for education and discovery. Deviations from the norm causes people to think in different ways‚ opening up new opportunities for people to grow and succeed. The change in power that resulted from the fall
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OTTOMAN EMPIRE: Devshirme: Every 2 years or so‚ young Christians were taken and trained and converted to Islam. They would either be janissaries (foot soldiers) but ones with “intellectual promise” went to work in the government. Many became powerful. Some were slaves? Because the enslavement of the Muslims was not allowed. The power was NOT hereditary (like the Chinese). So the sultan surrounded himself with people who did not have families. Millet System: Each religion had their own leader -Kept
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factor “ in the changing map of Europe in the 19th century ? During the 19th century‚ the map of Europe changed immensely. War was one of the reasons for these changes‚ with Napoleonic Wars‚ the Russo-Persian War and the Crimean War. However‚ war was not the only cause of territorial changes : differences in opinions‚ revolts‚ the Congress of Vienna and the end of the Holy Alliance were also causes of the changing map of Europe in the 19th century. On the one hand‚ war was the most important
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19th century: period of growing consciousness‚ restlessness which promulgated the formation of two major movements Propaganda Movement (failed) Revolutionary Movement (replaces the PM) Leaders: Jose Rizal Marcelo H. Del Pilar Lopez Jaena Members: Pedro Paterno Ponce Panganiban Antonio Luna *They worked for the Philippines’ assimilation as a Spanish province and equal treatment of the Filipinos as for the Spaniards *Writings in this period cannot be called literature
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