What types of additional documentation would help access the rise and fall of the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals? Historical Background Beginning in 1280, the Ottoman Turks rose from a minor frontier state to control most of Southeastern Europe, Southwest Asia, and parts of North Africa. For centuries, European Christians refused to ring church bells for fear that local inhabitants would think the Turks had invaded. Starting in the early 1500’s CE, in Persia and India, the Safavids and Mughals created powerful states, whose institutions and policies shared many similarities to the Ottoman Empire. Until their decline in the 1700’s CE, these three Muslim states controlled the richest and most developed lands on three continents, and challenged Europeans for
The End of Empires by Brandon Lim Empires are made of colonies from other countries; and are ruled by a single monarch that may differ in title, for example, the Tsar in Russia, King in England and Kaiser in German. As the twentieth century loomed, the world was dominated by the Great Powers .These nations were Great Britain, Russia, Germany, France and Austria- Hungary and had extensive possessions away from their sovereign state. It was becoming apparent that if the dissolution of the Great Empires were to happen, something big must take place. World War One would spell the end of empires but what led up to the terrible war is just as important. Key events include the Franco- Russian War, alliance systems and the assassination of Franz
The Mughal and the Ottoman empires shared many similarities yet they also shared many differences in incorporating culturally, ethnically and religiously diverse subjects in widely dispersed areas. Ottoman and the Mughal Empires were both similar in many ways. For example as both Empires reached their golden age peace and stability occurred when Akbar and Suleyman came to power. Both of the Empires elite’s where of Turkish descent. Both Empires also came to rise when the Mongols had declined and was becoming no longer an empire nor a threat.
Maria Watkins History 4 Professor April 15, 2011 How did the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, and Persia/Iran try to cope with Western pressure? For all three regions, discuss the modernizing reforms enacted by their rulers and examine the problems these societies faced in attempting to fit Western beliefs into their religious and social traditions Ottoman Empire- The Ottoman Empire was the last of a series of Turkish Muslim empires. It spread from Asia minor beginning about 1300, eventually encompassing most of the Middle East, most of North Africa, and parts of Europe, including modern Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Rumania and Yugoslavia. In the Middle East, the Ottomans ruled Syria, Palestine, Egypt, parts of Arabia and Iraq. Only Persia
The Years Between the Wars Activity Since this unit covers how the world was changing politically, how the world was changing technologically and socially, and how the pieces fell into place for World War II; we will have two sets of reading notes to break up these very different topics. So, in these reading notes, we will be covering the MAIN POINTS. The information is not very detailed, but it is important that you understand it. Fill in the blanks for each section using the word bank below and submit it to the DROPBOX called: The Years Between the Wars Activity. Shifts in World Power As a result of Imperialism, the country that ruled India in the early 1900s was Britain.
By 1923 the entire Armenian population of Anatolian Turkey had disappeared. The Ottoman Empire ruled by the Turks, had conquered lands across West Asia, North Africa, and Southern Europe. Their government was in Istanbul (Constantinople) and was headed by a Sultan who had absolute power. Turks practice Islam while the Armenians were a Christian minority and lived as second class citizens. As non-Muslins they forced to pay discriminatory taxes and denied participation in the government.
Politics Islam and Hinduism constantly clashed, causing wars. Delhi Sultanate- Between 13th and 16th centuries, 33 sultans ruled over divided territory in Delhi. Babur gained a small part of this empire, which was later taken away. With a forceful army he acquired the land he lost as well as more, establishing the Mughal Empire. Babur’s grandson, Akbar (Great) unified the land and people.
Yet as with all empires, the Roman Empire eventually began a gradual decline and during the height of the third Century CE, The Roman Empire suffered one of its greatest crises in its history. The succession of Crisis that occurred throughout this century forever left wounds that could not be sustained and contributed to its final decline and fall. The Roman Empire by the start of the third Century CE was one of the largest empires in the ancient world. Ruled from Rome in central Italy the empire was stretching from Palestine in the east, to Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey), The Balkan Peninsula up to the Danube River (in modern day Hungary and Romania) along the Danube to the Swiss alps and up to the Rhine river till the English Channel and the Atlantic Ocean covering Gaul (Modern-day France), Spain and Britain as well as Egypt and the entire North African Coast. Such a vast amount of land could only be held together by power and force as the lands of the Roman Empire were divided up into provinces that were maintained by governors who represented the Emperor or Princeps.
Comparative Essay: The Muslim Empires (1450-1750) With the collapse of the Mongol administration of the Islamic lands in the 14th and 15th centuries, a trio of new empires began forming across Asia: the Ottoman Empire in Asia Minor, the Safavid Empire in Persia, and the Mughal Empire in India. These three empires were the result of centuries of Islamic state building and expansion, and at the their height, they covered nearly the entire Islamic world. The only Islamic regions left outside their domain were West Africa and Southeast Asia. These three empires were also significant because they provided the bridge between the medieval and modern periods of the Islamic history. Regarding the religious tolerance, each empire had a period of extremists, and each a period of peace between groups.
How did WWI start? The simplest answer is that the immediate cause was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the archduke of Austria-Hungary. His death at the hands of Gavrilo Princip – a Serbian nationalist with ties to the secretive military group known as the Black Hand – propelled the major European military powers towards war. The events that led up to the assassination are significantly more complicated, but most scholars agree that the gradual emergence of a group of alliances between major powers was partly to blame for the descent into war. By 1914, those alliances resulted in the six major powers of Europe coalescing into two broad groups: Britain, France and Russia formed the Triple Entente, while Germany, Austria-Hungary and