Ottoman Empire Accomplishments

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With the internal improvements spreading throughout early America during the 1830 and 1840s, science and organized experimentation became more important than ever. As a result of the transportation revolution, America started undergoing revolutionary changes in its industrial system. Manufacturers moved from being ran by small families to large business-ran as the costs and complexities increased. Additionally, in the 1840s, laborers started striking for better working conditions and shorter workdays. With the rapidly growing industrialization, we start seeing a greater need in the improvement of technology throughout America. Technologies such as the Francis Turbine, which increased the efficiency of water power, are needed to power the larger manufactures that continue to succeed. Furthermore, we see the ideology of Manifest Destiny play a role by creating heavier need for a means of transportation, as well as that for a means of communication. The circumstances leading up to and during the 1830 and 1840s create a larger demand for technological innovations than ever

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

The Ottoman Empire, during its peak, was one of the largest and most powerful empires in the world, where the empire lasted from the fourteenth century until the early twentieth century. The Ottoman Empire stretched from North Africa, Arabs states, and the Balkan. However, just like any great empire, the Ottoman Empire would eventually experience significant problems and potentially lead to its decline as a great power in the European and Asian continent. In order to combat the decline of the empire and bring back their strength in comparison to the European powers, the Ottomans started a period of reform, known as the Tanzimat (1839 – 1876), which means reorganization in Turkish. There were major reforms developed for the empire, but whether they were truly effective is still debated.

The Ottoman had several scenes of decline and each one had marked their history and are linked with it so I will explain each one. The armistice of 1918 ended the fighting between the Ottoman Empire and the Allies but didn´t bring stability or peace to the region. The British controlled Syria, Palestine and Mesopotamia.

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 Ottoman Empire actually began to take shape several centuries before the dawn of the early modern period. However, its complete development didn’t take place until 1453 when a Turkish conquest resulted in control of Constantinople. The Ottomans, also known as the Osmanli group of Turks, were not the original Turkish people involved in Middle Eastern affairs. The success of the Ottoman Empire rested on two main

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 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 Ottomans were by far the greatest of the Muslim empires. It was the greatest in size and power, and it lasted the longest out of the three Muslim empires. Altogether, the Ottoman empire had the greatest influence and made the most contributions to world history. The Ottomans had a great influence on religion.

Long before this battle for conquest could have begun, the Ottomans were greatly threatened by a force from the East. The Persian Safavi dynasty was one of the most dominant powers between 1501 and 1510.1 They conquered much of Mesopotamia as well as the majority of modern day Iran along with other lands

The rise of the Ottoman Empire started in Turkey and spread through most of the Middle East. Their military practice and successful transition to the use of gun powder made them one of the most successful ruling bodies in the Middle East. The Ottoman Empire which ruled until modern times had great influence on the Middle Eastern world. Their political and economic abilities astonished the western world. Their religious views and fears were instilled into any non-Muslim and helped the western world to find new trade. The rise of Christianity in the western world provided new ways to preserve the dead and ended the need for frankensence, the main export of the Ottoman Empire. This

The Ottoman Turks emerged on the periphery of the Byzantine Empire and the Saljuk Turks. Under a Turkish Muslim warrior named Osman, raids were conducted in western Anatolia on Byzantine settlements and a vast number of Turks were united under his banner. Those Turks who flocked to Osman's banner and followed him into the history books came to be called the Ottomans. The word Ottoman, fits these Turks well as it roughly translates from Turkish as "those associated with Oman."

There have been a series of reforms within the Ottoman Empire initiated with the first decree Hatt-i Sharif of Gulhane in 1839. This has the beginning of the Tanzimat Era. The reforms have been influenced by European ideas. Changing the Ottoman theocratic government into a modern state. With the implement of freeing imprisoned non-Muslims and easing up the tensions of the conquered subjects of the Ottoman Empire to prevent nationalistic uprisings, such as with the Greeks in 1821. The Ottoman government has become more secular state for the non-muslims communities. This degree eliminated taxations of farming into a regular system of assessing taxes, guaranteeing property to the subjects, reforming their military structure to be more western

At its peak, the Ottoman Empire spread across 3 continents and was known as the most powerful empire in Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the beginning, the Ottomans were descendants of the Seljuk Turks, the great empire in Asia. The Ottomans were military minded and raided surrounding areas. Of these raiders, or Gazis, Osman I was the most important. Sultan Osman Gazi I was an expert at invading and conquering. Soon, Osman and his followers, Ottomans, created a small state in Anatolia. They bought and conquered land and expanded their small state into an empire. Also, their military was the first to use gunpowder and cannons as an offense and thus were considered the greatest military at the time. With all of this, their Empire successfully survived from one family line of Sultans for seven centuries. Because of their strength and superiority, the Ottomans were considered one of the most successful Empires in history.