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, the Safavid Kingdom, and the Mughal Empire, …show more content…
After seizing Constantinople, the ottoman empire has a new opportunity to create a new capital city. They named the city Istanbul. Istanbul located at the center of many critical important trade route connected to Europe and China. It also dominates the water route between Aegean Sea and the Black Sea and control major entrance of northern European trade. With the expansion of ottoman empire, Islamic world also cover large section of world. Istanbul was important influential city between European and ottoman empire during early modern …show more content…
The Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires set new standards for trade, communication, and even religion, while the Qing dynasty in China brought with it prosperity and resentment. Under Ottoman rulers, the empire reached heights of expansion reminiscent of Rome while also capitalizing on their lands' geographical advantages to trade and produce goods. The Safavid Empire began with a religious revolution but suffered from economic disadvantages and political instability. The Mughal Empire eventually conquered the Indian subcontinent and advanced causes of international communication, religious tolerance, and innovations with Sikhism. Finally, although the Manchu rulers of the Qing dynasty brought many positive changes to China, their lack of loyalty from the people and policies of isolation ultimately damaged the long-term success of their rule. This period is marked with great changes, revolutions, and declines, all of which would have significant ramifications in the century to
In any event, there are different understandings of the same facts. In every subject, an author’s opinion or point of view can completely alter the narrative. This investigation will concentrate on examining the various historical narratives on what contributed most significantly to the Muscovy accession during the centuries of Mongol domination. There are three significant viewpoints on what contributed most to this accession. The first perspective often held by traditionalists dismissed that the Mongol conquest of Rus ', accounted for the rise of Muscovy instead it was ordained. The second viewpoint cites Mongol influence accounting for the Muscovite rise. The final viewpoint prevalent in the nineteen century acknowledges that the Muscovy accession occurred in part because of borrowing institution from the Mongols, but do not deem this borrowing as a positive result for the Muscovites.
Although both empires were rooted in Islam, the Arab were Semitic and they traced their roots to the Middle East. On the other hand, the Ottoman Turks had European roots and thus shared the characteristics of the rest of the Europeans. Being strong empires, both the Arabs and the Ottoman Turks accomplished a lot at the time of their civilization which is still being felt in today’s world. The major accomplishments of the Arabs were majorly felt in the fields of: music, architecture and mathematics while the Ottoman Turks accomplished a lot in the fields of: law, education, and art.
Ottoman Empire’s economy emerged a problem due to their lack of consciousness to modernize. The most important external reason, highly affect its economic later on, is the changing of the global trading
To start off, during 1750 – 1900 it was the weakening of The Ottoman Empire. They were confronted with the emerging powers of Europe. Series of things happened during those time periods. When World War I began in 1914, the Ottoman Empire consisted of only Asia Minor, parts of southwestern Asia, and part of the Balkans. The Ottomans were defeated in the war, and the empire came to an end in 1922.
After the fall of the Roman Empire and right at the dawn of Dark Ages in Europe, there was the emergence of the Arabian empire. The scientist of the time studied the writings of the Greeks and Romans, but also those of Chinese and Indians and developed further the practice of aromatherapy. The Persian physician Ali-Ibn Sana, best known as Avicenna (980 -1037 A.D.), wrote books on the properties of 800 plants and their effects on the human body. He is also credited for discovering the first distiller of the essential oils, a coiled cooling pipe that he used to extract the essence of rose petals through the ‘enfleurage’ process, that method in which flower petals are placed on glass, over a thin layer of fat. Another merit of the Arabs is the
Although the situation and discourse in the Ottoman Empire (which would become Turkey) were different than what occurred in the American context, there are parallels between the two. In Turkey, the fear of a declining population was also a determining factor that led to the encouragement of woman to procreate and resulted in damnation of the practice of abortion. After the Russo-Ottoman War of 1877-78 there was widespread fear throughout the empire of a supposed decline in the Muslim population, and in 1890 Abdulhamid II instructed his officials to release a treatise that addressed the abortion issue and described it as being a hazard to Islamic and Ottoman society as a whole (Demirci 2008). The Muslim population was especially important
The decrease of the Ottoman state made the beginning of reform essential, while in the meantime expanded the bartering force of capable European nations that wished to advance their own particular investments. These states meddled with the interior undertakings of the Ottoman state and pushed for changes with the point that, through the presentation of reforms, they would promote new opportunity and better guarantees for existing interests. Meanwhile, these states expected that a further decrease in the Ottoman Empire would strengthen political and military unsteadiness in the Balkans, which consequently could also debilitate the security of Europe.
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
The greatest contribution of the Ottoman Empire to world art was in architecture. Although they contributed greatly to the art of architecture, textiles played a big role too. The spread of the textile industry was closely related to the silk trade with China. The textile trade was essential to the economic health of the entire region and an important source of tax income to the governments involved. Iznik tile production started to grow around the mid-sixteenth century and was encouraged and run by court commissions. It was the main production center of underglaze painted tiles, but the city of Kutahya started to thrive in the seventeenth century. Archive documents show the existence of a certain number of kasigeran (tilemakers) at that
Both Istanbul and Vancouver are very popular cities in the world. Istanbul located in northwestern Turkey. Istanbul has two different continental Asia and Europa. In contrast Vancouver is located on the southwest coast of British Columbia. The Marmara Sea surrounds Istanbul and the Salish sea surrounds Vancouver. Size of Istanbul is 2,063 sq miles but size of Vancouver is 44.39 sq miles. Also Istanbul has a long history. Istanbul established in a.d. 9th century. Vancouver established in 1858. The two popular city in the world Vancouver and Istanbul have differences in terms of climate, population and food culture.
The Ottoman Empire was one of the major political forces in the South Eastern Europe who has shaped the history of the continent. The empire exists from 14th century to the beginning of the 20th century and it was one of the largest political organizations in the Europe at that time. Later on, the empire was replaced by the Turkish republic and various other states in the south Eastern Europe (Quataert, 2005).Calligraphy is an Islamic art form which is developed from the Nabatean script. During the Ottoman period, the art of Calligraphy reached its zenith period and many different developments occurred in the present form and later on “Turkish calligraphy” form had been established. Ottoman Turks produce different Arabic scripts which were considered as one of finest creation in the Arts. As Turks migrated to different parts of the Asia and expansion of Islam has helped in spreading the Arabic language. Ottoman Turks produced several varieties of Scripts, all the various branch or art of calligraphy. It was loved by ottoman Turks and the main centre of the art was ottoman capital Istanbul. The first two names asserting the Turkish calligraphy are Sultan Bayezid II and prince Korkut, both of them taught by sheikh Hamdullah. Calligraphy was practiced for 500 years, during 19th and 20th century the art was at its zenith (Derman, 2007).
In the Article, “The Rise of the Ottoman Turks and Its Historical Background”, William L. Langer and Robert P. Blake precisely discuses to readers the progression of one of the most phenomenal empires in history, The Ottomans. To go along with that they also speak upon any of its historical backgrounds. The information that is provided in this article comes from two authors that have worked with history for multiple years. The first author is William L. Langer; Historian, ex-chairman of the history department at Harvard University, and a specialist in diplomacy. He also has worked on many books in his past, but mainly dealing with European History. The second author, historian, and also a professor from Harvard, Robert P. Blake mainly has a past with focusing on the Byzantine Empire. So they are both very reliable sources when
Contact was achieved through the production and consumption activities, especially in the central region of the Ottoman Empire as a basis for participation in the world economy through trade and agricultural production activities in Western Anatolia and the Balkans. For this reason, focusing point of this book is trade that analyzes the mutual connection between Ottoman Empire and the World Economy.
A popular adage goes “the harder they come the harder they fall”. The epic and unbelievable fall of the Ottoman Empire is largely attributable to its earlier successes in implementing its expansion strategy. At its peak in the early 1900s, the Ottoman Empire stretched from the Libyan desserts in North Africa to the snow covered peaks of Kurdistan and Armenia. Eastwards, the empire spread its reach up to the Iraq oil fields and to the West the empire border lied on Bosnian mountain valleys. Such was the extent of the empire and various administrative inefficiencies associated with such a large jurisdictive region proved to be too much for the Sultan’s flag.
The culture of my country, Turkey, combines an extremely diverse, as well as, a heterogeneous set of elements that have been derived from the various cultures of the Caucasian, Central Asian, Eastern European and Eastern Mediterranean (West Asian) traditions. The majority of these traditions were originally brought together by the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire is a multi-ethnic and a multi-religious state. During the early years of the republic, the government invested a really large amount of resources into fine arts such as architecture, paintings and sculpture. This was done as both a process of modernization and of creating a cultural identity. Due to the different historical factors defining the Turkish identity, the culture of Turkey combines clear efforts of modernization and Westernization undertaken in varying degrees since the 1800’s, with a simultaneous desire to maintain traditional religion, as well as, historical values.