The Suleyman Empire: The Decline Of The Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire was a very simple, but productive empire to be a part of back in the 1400s. Their religious tolerance was very productive into growing their empire while making money and building up their army. For example, if you were Muslim, and in the army, you didn’t have to pay taxes, but if you weren’t Muslim, you paid taxes and couldn’t be in the army, which made people feel safe while still keeping their home. The Ottoman Empire’s cultural blending came by capturing the cities of Mecca and Medina which were the Holiest cities, also they captured Cairo for a learning center. This allowed the Ottomans to blend education and religion evenly. The decline of the Ottoman Empire was rough, Suleyman killed his best son which was probably the best fit for the throne. Suleyman exiled his second son, which meant his third and weakest son inherited the throne. His third son had no leadership skills to be able to keep the Ottoman Empire at it’s peak, and the Ottoman Empire went crashing down.

Their religious tolerance was to force everybody to be a part of the Shi’a religion, which many people didn’t like because they wanted to stay loyal to the religion of their choice. They did their culture blending by Shah Abbas sending people to Europe to study art under artist including Raphael, which allowed the culture of European and Shi’a to blend. The fall of the Safavid Empire could compare a lot to the Ottomans Empire. Shah Abbas killed or blinded his sons that were the best fit for the throne, but the throne went to Abbas’s incompetent grandson. Safavid went down hill with the weak leadership, just like the Ottoman’s lack of