Essay On Ottoman Empire

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Muslim Ottoman Empire
Hurrem Sultan
Mack Sathre

“State Building & Ruling”
Conceptions of successful state building and ruling

Process of state/empire building
Interactions between humans and the environment
Development and interaction of cultures
State-building, expansion, and conflict, creation, expansion
Interaction of economic systems
Development and transformation of social structures

Ottoman Empire CCOT Chart
Ottoman Empire
1450 C.E.
1750 C.E.
Continuity
Change
Social
The Ottoman Empire’s Army was led by Sultan Mehmet and was driven to gain territory and defeat other empires in combat.
The Ottoman Empire was a religiously tolerant environment and remained welcoming to all.
Ottomans used religion to bring social unity and the Ottomans used tolerance and acceptance.
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Continuing conflict with the Safavid Empire through much of the period due to not wanting Shi’ a Islam to spread and took Iraq from Safavids.
The Ottoman Empire was the most powerful empire military wise, but government corruption prevented necessary advancements to be made and thus gave the empire no political power amongst other regions.
Intellectual
The Ottoman Empire Used advanced gunpowder and military equipment to advance into new territories.
Lacked innovated technology compared to other advancing empires.
Remained the same technologically due to a lack of innovation versus other competing empires advancing.
By the 1700’s the Ottoman Empire which was previously a leading militant empire had outdated ideas and lacked modern military weapons.
Cultural
There was a strong influence from the customs and languages of Islamic societies, Turkish "the official language for the Empire, notably Arabic because of the origins of Islam
Persian culture had a significant contribution through the heavily Persianized Seljuq Turks, the Ottomans '