Ottoman Empire Research Paper

The Ottoman empire. A great empire that once ruled the land that stretched on many parts of northern Africa, areas around the Black sea coast, region northern Balkans, and far south into the Arabian desert. Form many, this empire is a living legacy. It was one of the longest lasting empires that brought in many traditional cultures to the modern world. The Ottoman empire was first found in the beginning 1300s by Osman I and had declined and vanished after the end of World War I. With such a great empire being very successful at growing at its time, all of this was possible due to how the empire's governing system was structured. In my paper, I will talk about the Ottoman Empire's administration practices that took place during the 18th century.

To control such a large empire and keep It intact in place, the Ottoman's government had to be structured in a way so that it can easily have control over the region. The empire's government was controlled by an absolute monarchy system that uses the Islamic sharia law as its main foundation. The Ottoman central government was all controlled by the power of a ruler, a Sultan. The Calipha, which is a religious ruler for the Muslim community was led by the Sultan. Also, Under the Sultan comes a Grand vizier and his viziers, which is a prime minister that reports directly to the Sultan. Followed by the viziers are local administrators and Military officers, which are recruited from the conquered people. Local administrators usually helped collected taxes and have control of landowners. Non-Muslims were elected to become millets that controlled and organized

The Balkans was controlled by the Ottoman rule since the mid 14th century. The region has witness administration changed throughout its existence as part of the empire. Along with the rest of the empire In the 18th century, It was faced with increased difficulties in creating a system of provincial administration that will help maintain a good will of the people as well as the sultan. During that same time period, a group of local notables, called Ayan, and other local forces have appeared as provincial leadership at the expense of the central government of the Ottoman empire. The threats made by ayan to gain control of political power has affected the regions security and caused political challenges.

The empire was very diverse amongst different religious groups. The Balkans is well known to have lots of Orthodox Christians. Many of them were controlled by the empire's Millet system, which was mentioned earlier in this paper. Later in the early 19th century, the Ottoman empire's Millet system failed due to the uprising of Nationalism in the Balkans. This was one of the first few events that led the empire to collapse later in