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Ottoman Empire
Lasting nearly 650 years, the Ottoman Empire (modern day Turkey) was one of the most powerful empires the world has ever seen. Istanbul, its capital for the last 470 years, was one of the most culturally diverse cities on the planet at the time.
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How did world war 1 affect the Ottoman Empire and European colonies and dominions?
The Ottoman Empire could not survive World War 2 so it killed itself.
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The Ottoman Empire was well-known for its ability to tolerate people of various faiths, languages, and cultures. During the Middle Ages, Similarly large empires in Europe were quite intolerant, leading to numerous wars and refugees who fled to the Ottoman Empire for the relative tolerance. It is worth noting, though, that tolerance does not mean equality, and non-Muslims were subject to additional taxes and special requirements like devshirme in certain cases.
What sequence of events stopped Asian trade?
The ottoman empire in the middle east captured the important trading city of constantinpole. This gave the turs control of the middle east and they closed the trade routes to asia. now there was no way for eurpeans to get asian good. why the were stelling good from asia.
What major battles was Ottoman Empire involved in?
Siege of Vienna, Battle of Mohács, the Battle of Lepanto, the Battle of Sevastopol, and the Battle of Gallipoli.
What role did the british play in bringing about the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire?
The Ottoman Empire was dissolved at the end of the Word War 1 (known at the time as The Great War). Britain was one of the major countries of the Allies.
What development marked the end of the ottoman empire?
The event that marked the official end of the Ottoman Empire is the end of WWI The Ottoman Empire aligned itself with Austria-Hungry and Germany. When the war was over Britain France and the US redistributed the land as they saw fit.
the answer is e.
In 1856 the Ottoman Empire issued the Hatt-i Humayun. It's purpose was to create an Ottoman national citizenship for all people in the empire. It was not entirely successful and for twenty years there were serious efforts to make the 1856 reform decree a reality.
Prophet Suleiman was a prophet who understood languages of birds and all animals. He had a army of birds, jinn, and men.
Which of the following describes a major difference between the Ottoman and Safavid empires?
The Ottoman Empire was controlled by Sunni Muslims, while the Safavid Empire was ruled by Shia Muslims.
The Ottoman empire was the political and economic heart of whom?
Turkey was the center of the Ottoman Empire, and its values were based in Islam.
Was there ever a Sultan that became a dictator?
Almost all sultans have been absolute monarchs, meaning that they wielded untouchable dictatorial power. All of the Ottoman Sultans, especially Mehmed II, Bayezid II, Selim I, and Suleiman I were dictators. The current Sultan Qaboos of Oman is another dictator. Now, calling these men dictators is only a statement that they had authoritarian power to determine laws and strictures. It makes no value judgment as to whether they were good rulers or bad rulers.
i think that he was not and dont you know he was a turk
What was the chief unique trait of the Safavid Empire as compared to other Islamic empires?
The Safavids were Twelver Shiite Muslims in comparison to the Ottomans and the Mughals who were Sunni Muslims.
What ethnic group did not become its own nation following the break up of the Ottoman empire?
Judaism i think
What territorial expansions of the Ottoman Empire were lead by Muhammad II?
None. Muhammad died long before the rise of the Ottoman empire. If you mean Mehmed the Second, one of the sultans of the Ottoman empire, he was the one who conquered Constantinople and made it the new capital; renamed Istanbul. He expanded the empire to cover almost all of Serbia as well as including Anatolia & the Crimea.
Were the Ottomans a threat to Europe?
Considering that they conquered over 20% of the continent and were besieging Vienna before they were successfully repelled, YES, seems an appropriate answer here.
In what ways did the Incan government resemble the Ottoman bureaucracy?
The Incan government didn't have any money
What was required of Non-Muslims in the Ottoman Empire?
Non-Muslims who lived in the Ottoman Empire were called Dhimmi, or second-class citizens. They lacked a number of fundamental rights such as freedom of movement, freedom of settlement, access to all occupations, and additional taxation because they were Non-Muslim. Each Dhimmi group, like the Armenians, Greeks, Jews, and so forth were organized into Millets which were community representative groups. Each Millet would report to a centralized Millet representative in Istanbul who would have direct dealing with the Imperial Palace. This would allow the Millets to air their grievances, but was more often used as a method to control the Millets and make them less resistive to Ottoman Occupation.
Admittedly, life under the Ottomans was far superior to most contemporaneous Empires. Spain was by far a more religiously and culturally intolerant place during this period as were France and England.
As for the Ottomans not committing a genocide, this is blatantly incorrect. The transition between the Ottoman Empire and Turkey resulted in the Armenian Genocide (around 1.8 million killed) and the Greco-Turkish Population Swaps. Many Greeks in the Aegean cities like Smyrna (now Turkish Izmir) died en route to modern Greece and many Turks from the Peleponnesus (southern Greece) died en route to Turkey.
Finally, the Ottomans' most egregious crime was the policy of devshirme, where Christian families in the Balkans region had to submit to Ottoman soldiers stealing their children to bring to them to Istanbul where they would have no contact with their parents for years and be trained to be the elite Janissary Core and be converted to Islam. No Muslim was even allowed to join the Janissaries, because the devshirme system was so effective in producing recruits loyal only to the Emperor because they feared him.
