They also respected religious miscellany (Cleveland-2013). During the 16th century, the Ottoman Empire was at the crest of being a world super power, but by the mid-18th Century it had significantly enfeebled. It underwent increasing defeats on the battlefield and its regions began to shrink. Internal and external rebellions became commonplace and the empire’s failure loomed on the horizon. These veracities pushed reformist Sultans and prominent intellectuals to look for new resolutions to the empire’s difficulties.
The Muslims began their spread into the northwest when they captured Syria and Palestine in the 638. Which split the Byzantine Empire in two. After the Muslim moved towards Egypt. From there they advanced across northern Africa and up towards Spain, gaining many converts along the way. Eventually the Islamic empire was weakened from civil war and political issues.
If the expansionary activities of the Ottoman Empire during this period are examined chronologically then it can be seen that many of the conquest states are added to the Empire in groups: Mesopotamia, Syria and Egypt submit to the Empire within the space of three years (1515-1517) whilst Trebizond, Karaman, Otrano and Serbia are all added between 1459 and 1480. This sporadic nature of conquest gives evidence of one of the limitations that ensured the Ottoman Empire could not exceed certain levels of expansion: a lack of consistency in the quality and kind of leadership. Due to the way in which the society and government of the Ottoman Empire was constructed, the Sultan remained the highest and most influential power in the land, few had the means to gainsay him: “The Ottoman Sultan being the most powerful Muslim monarch was regarded as the
Conflicts between religions, overpopulation, natural and economic catastrophe, unsteady government, and external pressure from powerful neighbors were the key factors for the decline of Roman Empire. Indeed, both Roman and Carolingian Empire shared the same causes for its subsidence. Roman Empire is considered as the earliest civilization in the Western world. Romans were able to set its identity that time when Greek and Persian Empire had already spread out its robust civilization around the
Periods of stability were mixed in with those of near collapse, while powerful generals or inciters of the Roman mob jockeyed for position. The political, social, and economic crisis of the Republic was ultimately solved by extending Roman citizenship to the provincials and by imposing social peace from above by the authority of first a dictator who was Julius Caesar, then an Emperor, Caesar Augustus. During the wars of the third and second centuries, the senate came to exercise enormous power (Spielvogel, p. 135). Beginning with the Punic Wars and Roman conquest outside of Italy, followed by massive importation of slaves, the face of Roman life was changing far more rapidly than the governing body could deal with. Political backbiting was and always would be a common trait in any system, but even the greatest of Romans like Scipio Africanus, was a victim to the whims of politicians.
From the late fourth century, the Church had consciously set out to destroy all knowledge that could distract people from devotion to god, thus ushering in the dark ages. Thus most important philosophical, medical, mathematical and scientific knowledge built up by the ancient Greeks and Romans had been lost to Europe forever. Some of the ancient Europe text had been retained by the arabs, who valued knowledge and expanded greatly on what had been preserved. Although Europe had been exposednto Islamic culture for centuries through contacts in Spain and Siciliy, much more Islamic thought was transferred to the west during the crusades. The need to raise, transport and supply large armies led to growth in trade throughout Europe.
This eventually turned into convenient interventionism; the method of intervening whenever it was beneficial and/or advantageous for the U.S. American government officials initially claimed to be reluctant towards any involvement in European affairs for decades until finally, during WWII, when the overbearing possibility of becoming a garrison state, under regulation of communists and/or fascist European governments, the American public gradually declined from the isolation sentiment they were accustomed to and began their apprehensive shift towards the same ultimate goal the Axis Powers aspired for; incontestable leadership exercised by one nation over all others and a possibility of achieving world domination. This action is known as hegemony, and most nations fought in World War II in hopes of possessing it. Front pages of most newspapers issued on December 10, 1941 all contained news of the start and progression of the Second World War. The variation of news released on this day in history was the explanation for the sudden, abundant fears shared by the nation and began construction of an important foundation for the nation-wide fellowship that forced America to break out of its accustomed
The Moors influence was getting weakened and Boabdil actions made everything worse He was the son of the sultan Abu l-Hasan Ali, and as it sometimes happens with princes, Boabdil was restless to gain power. So, after a series of incidents between Christians and Muslims that shook Granada's stability, Boabdil named himself ruler of Granada. Of course, his words didn't take too long to catch fire. A civil war ensued in the emirate, weakening it and easing the way for the Christian troops. The Granada seemed to be an easy target for Ferdinand and Isabella to conquer so in return they’ll gain power and glory.
During early Islam they were the most intellectual and powerful area in Europe and Asia. Then during the peak of their power and intellectual reign the Khan Dynasty destroyed the center of the Community in Baghdad. From this time forward the Islamic world was in a slow descent from the top power of the time. After Baghdad was destroyed by the Khans they never again had a center of intellects again. During the crusades for instance the Europeans started buying good from the Middle East but the Middle Eastern Muslims didn’t want anything from the barbarian Europeans.
These aims were achieved to varying degrees of success. As a result of the Great War, the British Empire was extended even further, notably in Africa and the Middle East, helping to secure their power status across the globe. Their ‘great power’ status was further cemented by the post war treaties that ended some of the world’s empires notably the Ottoman Empire (under the Treaty of Sevres) and the Austro-Hungarian Empire (under the Treaty of Saint-Germain). Russia also was incapable of dominating Europe at this time as its empire had fallen and the country was consumed by civil war. But most importantly, the Treaty of Versailles weakened Germany to the point that it would not be economically or militarily able to pose a threat in Europe for some years.