Architectural Styles Of The Ottoman Empire

century in which Europeans embarked on extensive overseas expeditions. European nations, such as Portugal, Spain, England, and the Netherlands, participated heavily in global trade and set up many trade colonies and routes. Many people will say that the European’s only reason for exploration was to spread Christianity, obtain gold, and gain glory through their conquests and acquisition of lands. Some people might also say that the Ottomans heavily influenced the Europeans to participate in this period of exploration. Although the goals of “God, gold, and glory” are often associated with the Age of Exploration, the Ottoman Empire had a greater influence on the desire of European states to establish overseas empires and employ mercantilist economy

Religion has always been a part of our identity. Today, the population wander around the world seeing these wonderful churches and religious buildings all around us. The architectural style of the Middle Ages was very prominent: high stone vaults, internal elevations of multiple stories, rounded arches, and thick walls. This was characterized as Romanesque architecture. Suger revolutionized everything. He reworked these ideas and introduced, to the world, what is now known as the Gothic architectural style.

The early Ottoman Empire came along a bit later than the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates. It began in northwest Asia when a Muslim named Osman I created a small kingdom by bringing together Turkish warriors called ghazis (Osman…). Osman and his followers created the core of the Ottoman state by conquering a number of important countries in northwest Asia. Under the rule of Osman, the empire rapidly grew in territory and power by winning victory after victory in battle. In a very short period of time, the Ottomans gained control over much of southeastern Europe and became a major rival to the declining Byzantine Empire.

One of the most important events of the history was European expansion into the new world. Traditional Feudal societies collapsed under the weight of demographic and political changes during Eurasia experienced Mongol expansion and Black death. There was sociopolitical and religious conflict between states and reconsideration of traditional knowledge and institution. The social and intellectual revolutions in Europe can be considered provocative and subversive. Revolutions in the European society encouraged each other incrementally rather than remaining isolated and produced systematic and lasting changes in the European society.

The Byzantine army was a very large and successful army that brought the Byzantine Empire into the middle ages. The army flourished because of their new developments in warfare, and their organized battle tactics. The fall of the Byzantine Empire was due to the Ottoman Turks, who had been pushing borders constantly. The Byzantine Empire never had complete military peace throughout their entire 1000 years. This lead to several influential developments in their civilization. Through this paper, I will discuss various types of troops and formations that the Byzantine Army used for many years as well as the overall organization.

The Ottomans affected Persian tradition in a drastic way, from war to shared treaties to calligraphy, that Ottomans today are considered a part of Persian tradition. The people of both empires were exposed to very similar cultural ideas, such as art, literature, and architecture. However, the people were negatively influenced by wars and disputes among the dynasties. Throughout the 14th and 16th centuries, the Persian and Ottoman empires became a cultural melting pot, merging their beliefs and styles, which ultimately allowed both empires to progress at a faster

The ottoman empire originated in the late 12th century near the city of Constantinople by Turkish natives who began to build an empire after their leader, Osman. The Ottoman Empire was run by a small ruling class with the sultan in the highest position. Interestingly, the Ottomans allowed their subjects to live under the laws of their own separate religions. The Ottoman Empire put a strong focus on industrialization. They focused on developing many cities into commercial and industrial centers.

The Ottoman Empire was one of the largest and strongest Turkish Muslim empires in the world, with its capitol Constantinople it led the trade in the eastern and western world. Constantinople had total control of the Silk Road due to location, being in the middle of the black and Mediterranean Sea gave Constantinople total control of the trade market. Leading for more than 600 years (Modern World History, chap. 5, sect. 2) the Ottoman Empire served as a unification between different and separated parts of the Islamic world. The Ottoman Empire rose to power mainly due to Mongols destroying their Islamic dynasty known as the Seljuk Turks, this in turn caused the Ottoman Turks to regain their strength and regroup. Military leaders also played an important role in the development of the empire.

In particular, the researcher examines how the architectural program reflect the needs of the cultures that utilized it, the features that distinctly represent it, features borrowed from other cultures, and how these architectures fit into

The Ottomans were a very strong/forceful empire that covered a vast area. They’re one of the greatest civilizations of the modern period. The Ottoman empire was also the most influential of the Muslim empires of the modern period. Their glory in the sixteenth century represents one of the heights of human creativity, idealism, and art. Their culture and military expansion extended over into Europe, and The Ottoman Empire grew to it’s height of power.

Western Europe had a constant theme of Gothic style ("Renaissance Art And Architecture"). A Gothic style consisted of brick and marble over stone ("Gothic architecture” Britannica School.Encyclopædia Britannica). In Germany, they enjoyed having Gothic scene cathedrals ("Gothic architecture" World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras. ABC-CLIO). Though, each nation had a different unique look on the structure and everything looked different ("Gothic architecture." World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras. ABC-CLIO).

In my paper I will compare the civilizations I chose. The three Empires I wrote about were the Ottoman Empire, Tang Dynasty, and the Harappan, they had many similarities, but their differences were few and I will compare each of them.

The Ottoman empire began in the area known as modern day Turkey by Turkic warrior groups in the early 1300s, and it lasted until after World War I in the 1920s. The Ottoman empire’s continued success through the Early Modern Era and after is attributed to the empire’s strong military, vast amount of territory, mastery of advanced technology, and incorporation of diverse cultures. Mehmed II was the ruler of the Ottoman empire throughout the mid fourteenth century, and during his rule, he made many improvements to the government and military, and aided in the empire’s success in conquest. Mehmed II’s rule of the Ottoman empire as well as the interception of advanced military technology allowed the empire use conquest to spread its authority and

The Romans’ most greatest techniques of architectures were influenced by its of the Etruscans and has developed three architectural features: arch, dome and vault in the 1st century BC. Romanesque architecture has characteristically elements: Semi-circular arch, Barrel vaulting of the nave, thick buttress walls and Gothic architecture has three elements which came together in Gothic period: Pointed arch, Ribbed vault and Flying buttress.

Architecture can be viewed with two different types of properties. Properties that can be seen like shapes, their composition, the spaces they create and, the colours and textures that make up their appearance. These properties are considered to be visual while other properties are considered to be abstract. These properties can only be described using words; the meanings behind the architecture and the stories that can be told about it. The context, its cultural background and its function also affects how we view architecture. The question is, what