Fashions In The Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire was a military power, and demonstrated that they were a force to be reckoned with. Their successful conquering of Rome, Byzantium solidified their standing as a world power in 1453. The Ottoman Empire held to strict religious beliefs and practiced a form of Islam called Sunnism. Additionally, the Ottoman Empire made use of a system where the leaders in power also controlled the leaders of the church. The system was called casesaro-papism.

Weavers at the time produced carpets that were mostly wool and utilized geometrical shapes making carpet-weaving a renowned industry for the Ottoman Empire. Calligraphy was another prominent form of art which involved demonstrating the beauty of written figures. Moreover, the exquisiteness of Ottoman architecture can be observed through mosques (buildings for Islamic acts of worship), kulliyes (buildings surrounding mosques) and public bathrooms or hammams. (Przybylek, S.,

The Ottoman Empire consisted of Sunni Muslims. Along with the emperors throughout this time being politically in charge, they were also in charge by religion, with the title of caliph. The Ottoman Empire had a high tolerance for non-Muslims. They were so tolerant that most of the non-Muslims did not convert to Muslim. The only thing the Ottoman Empire did against other religions was they gave people of other religions a tax called jitza. Throughout the Ottoman Empire the tolerance for religion stayed consistently high.

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 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 first art piece consists of a beautiful curtain fragment of coptic textile from the late Roman and early Byzantine 4th century. Woven textiles were commonly incorporated in Byzantine clothing tapestries, furniture coverings and curtains. The most expensive textiles were made of silk. Inexpensive textiles like the curtain fragment were made of linen and wool. Although dyed textiles were rare, they were colored with plant based dyes like saffron or minerals (Carrol, pg.57). The majority of textiles were created by the horizontal two-beam loom later to be replaced by the vertical loom and domed spindle whorl.

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.

The Jazz culture inspired multiple dances, such as the Black Bottom and the ever-popular Charleston. These dances required lots of movement leading to a shift in women’s fashion. Women wore less undergarments, went without coresets, and designed dresses that allowed for more freedom of movement. In 1921, Coco Chanel introduced the “drop-waist” dress, which were worn with long strings of glass beads or pearls. By 1925 these dresses resembled the shifts that were worn under the dresses of the early 1900. Evening dress were made up of mesh material, sleeveless, low v-neckline or backless, and sometimes adorned with sequence. These new fashions were advertised in fashion magazines that made their appearance in the 20s, Vouge, The Queen, and the

They also developed trade routes within their empire. The Ottoman legal system accepted the religious law over its subjects. The Ottoman system had three court systems, one for Muslims, one for non-Muslims, involving appointed Jews and Christians ruling

In this letter, the author seeks to address the position and status of the women in the Ottoman Empire. In the letter, he addresses how the women in the Ottoman society are marginalized and viewed as objects to their husbands. The context surrounding Bushbecq 's letter was because the issue surrounding the women status in the Islamic legal structures was very complicated in the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire was a vast political entity that existed for more than five hundred years, making it impossible to question how the women in the whole Ottoman legal structure ought to be treated. In the Islamic Empires, all the women were treated based on the Islamic law; therefore, questioning these meant questioning the Islamic laws which was a taboo. Women as a legal subject forms a very diverse topic which can be looked at in terms of marriage law, adultery laws, property laws, among others. Therefore, Bushceq 's letter was only an informative document and not one that took any side as he was not meant to question the set Islamic Laws.

The Ottoman empire was extremely diverse. Many different cultures, ethnicities, languages, and religions were scattered throughout the Ottoman Empire. One reason for this could be their location. The empire connected Africa, Europe, and Asia.

A lot of countries made their clothing for different reasons. For instance, Scotland made a fabric called tartans that showed what clan they are in, and Hawaiians production of clothing was part of religious significance. In the Middle Ages ties and belts were used more frequently because their clothes was oversized by modern standards. “With the Renaissance’s changes in art and society came more fitted clothes” (Source 2). They made their clothes more fitted by sewing multiple pieces of cloth instead of using just one big piece of cloth. Without closures like zippers it made it very difficult to get into their clothes. The wealthier people had their tailor customize their own patterns. “... height of 18th century, French fashion garments were truly works of art” (Source 2). The french started to ship in foreign pieces of clothes shipped from miles away and used silk-like materials. “... flashy fabrics fell out of use.. fit became increasingly more important in the 19th and 20th centuries” (Source 2). The flashy material went out of style and nobody really wanted to use it anymore. Instead of tunics and robes, men started to wear suits. Men and women were looking for a more fitted look

Italian industry has grown immensely with the late 17th century induction of fashion apparels modernizing into the modern world of fashion entity. The industry has grown into upper class, high quality fashion accessory and apparel industry. The top companies have

From the year 1566, to 1683 (I'm stating the history relevant to the starting RP year only, which is 1620), the Ottoman Empire suffered from many revolts, reversals, and revivals. This, mainly caused by weak Sultans, would later result in the Ottoman Empire's total demise. While the Ottomans would still prove to be a major Eastern European power, there weakening was obvious, as they fell behind in European technology, due to most of the Ottoman wants of conquest became drained by the emergence of new conservative religious and intellectual ideas. One of the consequences of this, while not known by many, was a Catholic naval coalition victory, the coalition being led by Spain's Phillip II, at the Battle of Laptano in 1571 over an Ottoman fleet. This, along with the previous victory over the far smaller defending force at the Ottoman Siege of Malta in 1565, ever threw away the Ottoman's previous image of being invincible. They lost more men then ships, and, however, were still able to quickly replace them, after getting Venice to sign a peace

The Ottoman Empire was a successful empire established by Osman Gaze, a Turkish tribal leader. It spanned at the end of the 13th century, and lasted to the beginning of the 20th century. The Ottoman conquest of Constantinople, the fall of the Byzantine Empire, brought enormous shock to Western and Central Europe, but the actual economic and politic influence was minor because of their connection to Africa as well as colonial expansion. However, the effect of Ottoman conquest brought themselves a wealth poured into Anatolia where was capital city of the Ottoman Empire and the place commercial and industrial power developed. This essay will be discussing mainly about the daily life of people such as religious exercise, education, law, and occupation