The Byzantine Empire‚ in western Asia and southeastern Europe‚ expanded into eastern Europe. The Byzantine Empire‚ with territory in the Balkans‚ the Middle East‚ and the eastern Mediterranean‚ maintained very high levels of political‚ economic‚ and cultural life between 500 and 1450 C.E. The empire continued many Roman patterns and spread its Orthodox Christian civilization through most of eastern Europe‚ Belarus‚ Ukraine‚ and Russia. Catholic Christianity‚ without an imperial center‚ spread in
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For the most part‚ modern Jewish history deals with the political‚ social and economic advancements achieved by the Ashkenazi communities in Europe‚ America‚ and later -- Palestine. Because of it’s relatively small size and involvement in the affairs of "civilized" countries of Europe and America‚ the Sephardi branch of Judaism is rerely dealt with in the context of modern Jewish history. Their development is however‚ though not as influential upon the flow of the "mainstream" history as that
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The Ottoman Empire‚ to 1750 A. Expansion and Frontiers 1. Osman established the Ottoman Empire in northwestern Anatolia in 1300. He and his successors consolidated control over Anatolia‚ fought Christian enemies in Greece and in the Balkans‚ and captured Serbia and the Byzantine capital of Constantinople. 2. Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520–1566) conquered Belgrade (1521) and Rhodes (1522) and laid siege to Vienna (1529)‚ but withdrew with the onset of winter. 3. The Ottoman Empire fought
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and the Ottoman Empire/Republic of Turkey which may have contributed to furthering a sense of Greek nationalism? At the end of the 18th century as the Ottoman Empire declines in power‚ Greek outlaw groups emerged and organized to challenge the Ottoman Empire that eventually turned into the Greek Revolution. European innovation was the foundation of the Greek uprising. Greek intellects wanted to do away with the Ottoman Empire due to their “Nationalist” view points. The Ottoman Empire was occupied
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independence from the Ottoman Empire in the 2oth century but their ethnic population was still under Ottoman rule. These nations formed the Balkan League. The League decided to attack the Ottoman Empire and the First Balkan War took place in October of 1912 and ended seven months later. The Ottoman Empire lost power of all its nations in the Balkans. Then in June of 1915 the Second Balkan War broke out. Serbia and Greece attacked Bulgaria‚ as well as Romania and the Ottoman Empire. Bulgaria lost and
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The Ottoman rulers‚ like most of their subjects‚ were Muslim. Christians had to pay higher taxes than Muslims‚ for example‚ and they had very few political and legal rights. In spite of these obstacles‚ the Armenian community thrived under Ottoman rule. They tended to be better educated and wealthier than their Turkish neighbors. In 1908‚ a new government came to power in Turkey
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Both the Ottoman Empire and Qing China faced internal challenges that were far more threatening than the external challenges presented by the expansion of Europe. In the Middle Eastern empires and Qing China‚ problems of internal political decline were emphasized by the danger of Western intrusion. It appeared that China would recover fully under the Manchus and that the forces of Western merchants could be contained at the ports. Qing China appeared as safely dominant in East Asia as ever
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an unethical society because of the bias views of the government and it left a devastating effect on the Armenian population‚ changing their culture forever. The Armenian genocide happened during the start of World War 1 (WWI)‚ 1914‚ in the Ottoman Empire. Although there had been growing tensions between the Armenians and the Turks. In society the Armenians were intellectuals; they were doctors‚ teachers‚ professionals in society‚ etc. The Turks however were illiterate peasants and farmers. During
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Turkish music theory practices have been influenced by the history of the Ottoman Empire‚ the Islamic faith‚ and Arabic traditions. These stimuli led to the development of unique wind‚ string‚ and percussion instruments. Classical Turkish music was the most strongly influenced by the Ottoman Empire (McComb). It tends to be driven by upbeat tempos‚ loudness‚ and exciting rhythms (Cline). Using the general octave minor scale‚ Ottoman classical music rarely reaches past a fifth in its melodic range (Cline)
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clan”) (as in genus)‚ + -cide (“killing‚ killer”). The causes of the Armenian Genocide begin in the early 20th century when about 2.5 million Armenians called the Ottoman Empire their home‚ Life for the Armenians‚ who were Christian‚ was difficult and unpredictable‚ because they were often at the receiving
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