The difference of religions between the Armenians and other people in the Ottoman Empire was great. In the past‚ the Armenians made
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For centuries the Greek population was completely under the Ottoman rule. When countries in Europe started to get rid of their rulers and restart their governments‚ the people in Greece started to think of a future without being under Ottoman rule. By following the footsteps of countries around them‚ they were able to gain their independence. The Greeks’ independence from the Ottoman Turks in 1830 did not come without hardship and suffering. Several other countries including Russia and France
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Indo-Europeans. The Armenian people living in the Ottoman provinces of eastern Anatolia‚ like other non-Turkish and non-Muslim subjects of the Empire‚ had long suffered from systematic discrimination and‚ at times‚ harsh persecution. For them the Ottoman Empire’s entry into the First World War was to have particularly devastating consequences. Indeed‚ it is widely claimed that the Armenians were victims of a deliberate genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman authorities – an accusation that continues to
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Turkey. The area previously known as Constantinople‚ ancient Byzantium‚ is a large seaport city of Turkey that connects Europe and Asia across the Bosphorus Strait. It was the capital of both the Byzantine Empire and the Ottoman Empire. By the mid 1500’s‚ this area was the nucleus for Ottoman military operations‚ was a major cultural‚ political‚ and commercial center populated by a half a million people. Commissioned in 1550 by Sultan Süleyman I‚ the Süleymaniye Mosque was “the fourth imperial mosque
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The Safavids (15011736) Who are they? ● The Safavids were members of the Safavid Empire that ruled Persia (present day Iran) from 15011736 and strayed from Sunni Islam and founded Shia Islam as the official religion of the state. Where are they from? ● The Safavids were from Persia‚ which is now presentday Iran. What nations or empires bordered this kingdom? ● The Ottoman Empire bordered the Safavid Empire from the west ○ composed of Turkey‚ Egypt‚ Greece‚ Bulgaria‚ Romania‚ Macedonia
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the Ottoman Empire (Lecture on Bahrain and Syria). The Ottoman Empire had assumed authority over most of the Middle East‚ and their government was mostly dominated by Turkish officials. The Arab population within the Ottoman Empire wanted to create an independent Arab state without any ties to the Ottoman Empire. The United Kingdom and France stated that they would provide support to Sharif Hussein of Mecca and Medina in creating an Arab state if they were to revolt against the Ottoman Empire. This
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cause could be considered the decline of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire for many years was very strong to begin with it had‚ strong sultans and a working millet system. After the 1699 defeat however by the Hapsburg Empire (Britain) the empire goes into decline. The treaty signed after the defeat‚ Treaty of Karlowitz‚ prevents the Ottoman Empire from expanding. The decline of the Ottoman Empire created weak and incompetent
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to decide the fate of the defeated countries which included Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. While the situation in Europe held priority for most delegations the ‘Middle Eastern Question’ also required intense discussion. The Treaty of Sevres was drawn up at the San Remo conference‚ which dealt with the fate of the Ottoman Empire‚ in April 1920. This treaty primarily abolished the empire and eradicated Turkish sovereignty. It also created an autonomous Kurdish zone and granted Armenia
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Bayezid I- (r.1389-1402) Ottoman ruler who started to besiege Constantinople in 1395. The Europeans saw him as a new threat to Christendom‚ and Hungary’s king led English‚ French‚ German‚ and Balkan knights in a crusade against the Turks. He defeated them at Nicopolis‚ and moved their capital from Bursa to France. If Bayezid had not defeated the Christians‚ the Ottoman Empire might not have taken Constantinople. The armies of Timur defeated him near Ankara in 1402 where he was taken prisoner and
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time of the Ottoman Empire. There many factors that led up to the massacre‚ but what actually happened is during the time of the genocides is very tragic. In the beginning of the twentieth century‚ they are an open tragic event that traumatized Christians in the modern-day Middle East‚ and which was an ominous portent of things to come later that century (McGrath). During this time of the Ottoman Empire found itself caught in a Great War‚ and numerous rebellions against the Ottoman rule that began
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