Through their high degree of centralization and unity along with religious zeal behind them, the Ottomans conquered much of southern and eastern Europe, western areas of Asia and parts of northern Africa. Austria-Hungary was the result of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 whereby it was decided the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary would form a constitutional monarchical union and split the lands territorially, both controlling their own parts and sharing equal status. By analysing the collapses of both empires and trying to derive the causes I will categorize my study into three parts. The first section will consist of analysing the Ottoman Empire independently and why it collapsed. Secondly I will independently analyse the Austrian-Hungarian Empire and its reasons for collapse.
In the mid-12th century, the Turkic ruler Saladin rose to lead the Seljuks and succeeded in uniting the fragmented Muslim armies of Southwest Asia and North Africa. To Saladin, the Christian armies were the infidels that had to be evicted. When Saladin’s forces took Jerusalem, the call went out across Europe to launch another crusade. Three kings came forward-Emperor Frederick Barbarossa of Germany, King Phillip II of France, and King Richard I, later known as Richard the Lionheart of England. Held in 1187-1192.
The Ottoman Empire (Ottoman Turkish: دولت عليه عثمانیه Devlet-i ʿAliyye-yi ʿOsmâniyye;[4] Modern Turkish: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu), also historically referred to as the Turkish Empire or Turkey, was a state founded by Turkish tribes under Osman Bey in north-western Anatolia in 1299. [5] With the conquest of Constantinople by Mehmed II in 1453, the Ottoman state was transformed into an empire. [6][7][8] During the 16th and 17th centuries, in particular at the height of its power under the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Empire was one of the most powerful states in the world – a multinational, multilingual empire, controlling much of southeast Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. [9] At the beginning of the 17th century the empire contained 32 provinces and numerous vassal states, some of which were later absorbed into the empire, while others were granted various types of autonomy during the course of centuries. [dn 2] With Constantinople as its capital and control of vast lands around the Mediterranean basin, the empire was at the centre of interactions between the Eastern and Western worlds for over six centuries.
Later in the year, Anatolian surrendered the city to the Byzantines, not the crusaders. They then met once again and together defeated the Turkish army, scoring a great victory and boosting their ego. Afterwards, the crusaders went and captured the city of Antioch, and then moved on to their goal, Jerusalem. For the next generation or so, the crusaders kept control over the Holy Land and invite their people to come inhabit the city. The crusaders used the strategy of isolating and cutting off supplies that could lead to strengthening to the Muslims and Egyptians.
They were leading their armies to the holy land. The Third Crusade "The Turkic ruler Saladin rose to lead the Seljuks and succeeded in uniting the split Muslim armies of Southwest Asia and North Africa. Europe launched another crusade when Saladin’s forces took Jerusalem. Frederick Barbarossa of Germany,
Although Cyrus conquered many nations, organized governments and gained respect from others, one of his best achievements was freeing the Jews from Babylon, there by then earning their respect. Cyrus found the great empire Persia and unified the Persians under one rule. His goal after uniting the Persians was to take over the Western portion of Iran.The section of Iran included several trade routes that crossed Iran and continued through Anatolia. Anatolia was also known as Turkey. The western of Iran is where the Medes lived.
For the next two centuries the Turkish military leaders ruled over the parts of the empire it conquered until it was eventually no longer the Abbasid Empire. Beginning its intrusions in the East, the Turkish invasions on the Byzantine Empire slowly gained them more Byzantine territory until finally in 1453, the Turks gained control of the capitol Constantinople and all the land that remained under Byzantine control. Similarly, the invasions began by capturing small portions of the Byzantine and Islamic worlds until eventually they created an immense impact and the Turks had conquered and gained control over the entire empire. Being firm believers of the Sunni religion, the Turks had a large religious influence that impacted the lands they conquered. As they gained control over the lands, they quickly ridded the Abbasid Empire of the Shi’a officials and advanced the protection of their lands from the Shi’a caliphs and their armies.
His armies conquered deep into central Asia and he made sure the Turks ,his greatest threat, were taken care of. His frontier units were the most powerful military in the empire and Turkic tribes were forced to become vassals
In Document 2, it shows the Mughals deep Reliance on warfare to support themselves. This large military is what helped them become a major empire in the late 1500’s and early 1600’s. In Document 3, it shows that the respected military of the Turks deeply respect their militaries power. Though this document is from a Hapsburg Ambassador, he may have say fudged a little about how respectable they were, being they were trying to be on the good side of this powerful empire. A quote from another respectable empire, or slightly less biased power like a Chinese ambassador, would help truly show if the Turks had a merit system which solely used military strength as its judgment.
HIS 1510 3/25/14 The Roman Empire and Han Dynasty were both very successful empires and dynasties in their time. They both prospered and united their countries. Of course they had their moments of falling as an empire and dynasty, but, they got back up and built from there and went onward grow. The Roman Empire, there are numerous reasons why the fall of this empire happened. First, the civil wars, there were always disagreements and the people of this empire loved fighting.