of coffee had dramatically uneven social impacts on the Ottoman Empire‚ London‚ Saint-Domingue‚ and Jamaica. In the Ottoman Empire‚ it led to the rise of a subversive social space‚ the coffeehouse‚ which dramatically loosened social control and increased social mobility. In London‚ coffeehouses were also disruptive in increasing social mobility and academic discourse‚ but lacked much of the revolutionary and illicit elements of their Ottoman counterparts. On the other side of the world‚ in the Carribean
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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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Technological advances during the period 1450-1750‚ or the Renaissance Era‚ were major influences to the way of life seen today. The ships‚ tools for traveling‚ especially the ones made Portugal and Spain all Impact society today‚ allowing for the age of exploration to emerge. All these tools proved prosperous but known more important than the printing-press independently developed in Germany by Johannes Gutenberg. Germany before this time was divided‚ in other words not a country yet‚ but divided
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beginning‚ of what would become the largest and most influential Muslim empire since the prophetic and caliphate eras‚ the Ottoman Empire. The empire ruled over three continents for more than 600 years. Its capital‚ Constantinople‚ was at the center of the world at the time being. Wealth‚ territory‚ knowledge‚ art and modernization flourished through the empire. At the turn of the 18th century however marked the decline of the empire‚ which ultimately leads them to the Brink of World War I‚ where everything
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Notions of Brotherhood throughout the Late Ottoman Period: In Ottoman Brothers‚ Michelle Campos attempts to dispel the misconceived notion of the role of ‘ethnic nationalisms’ in the last Islamic Empires disintegration. By utilizing a wide range of sources‚ Campos illustrates how the Ottoman Empire was far from a ‘prison of nations’‚ where ‘natural nationalisms’ slowly deteriorated the national composition. That it was‚ in contrast‚ a melting pot of ethnicities sharing in the faith of newly acquired
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The primary reason Ottoman Empire had stepped its foot in WWI siding with Germany was for its development. Some believed Ottomans had participated in WWI is because of the Armenian Genocide. However‚ Armenians had a peaceful relationship with the Ottomans‚ until 1890s. Armenians guerrilla fighters of Armenian Revolutionary Federations attacked local Muslims of Anatolia. Therefore‚ the Sultan ordered for the death of Armenian guerrilla fighters. After Ottoman Empire got involved with WWI‚ Armenians
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Architects Of the Ottomans Building design and architecture‚ in the Ottoman Empire was inspired by many different cultures‚ especially those of Persia and Byzantium. Important features of Ottoman architecture included domed roofs‚ large inner spaces‚ columns‚ and emphasis on height and the use of light and shadow. Mosques were the most important buildings in the Ottoman empire. All mosques were built in a grand monumental style to emphasis their significance to the society. Primary Source
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The Spanish were the first to settle in central and South America. They established their empire by defeating the Aztecs people. While the Aztecs lived in Mexico‚ they structured a wealthy empire by means of warfare. However‚ the Spanish took their empire by exploiting the resentment‚ the subjects had. Francisco Pizarro arrived with a small force of men in Peru. They conquered the Incas‚ who also had a large empire. Even though they had a large empire‚ it suffered large a chaotic royal succession
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was 1600‚ and Spain was unquestionably at the zenith of its power. After a successful Reconquista and explosion of colonization‚ the Spanish Empire had built a powerful military‚ a cohesive empire throughout Europe and the North and South of the Americas‚ and was looking forward to Cultural Revolution and continued growth in overseas trade. This was the Spanish Golden Age‚ when the Iberian Nation was unrivaled as the cultural and economic hegemon of Europe. It seems insanity that in one short
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Throughout several centuries‚ the Spanish conquest of Latin America has been portrayed‚ according to Keen in his textbook‚ A History of Latin America‚ as a "handful of Spaniards" conquering two of the largest empires in Latin America. Now‚ it is true that in comparison to the multiplicity of diverse groups of Native Americans within both the Aztec and Inca empires‚ the number of Spaniards who conquered them were indeed very few in number. However‚ despite the framework of this concept being true
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