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15 Cards in this Set
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Extraterritoriality
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Europeans exempt from Ottoman law within the empire
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Mahmud II (1808-1839)
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Reformer and became sultan after revolt
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Tanzimat era (1839-1876)
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Broad legal reforms, modeled after Napoleon's civic code. Broad legal reforms, modeled after Napoleon's civic code
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Opposition to Tanzimat reforms
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Religious conservatives critical of attack on Islamic law and tradition
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The Young Turk era
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1876, coup staged by bureaucrats who demanded a constitutional government
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Nationalistic
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favored Turkish dominance within empire, led to Arab resistance
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The Crimean War (1853-1856)
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Sought access to Mediterranean Sea, moved on Balkans controlled by Ottomans
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Zemstvos
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The zemstvos are a local assemblies with representatives from all classes
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The Witte system
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The witte system was developed by Sergei Witte, minister of finance, 1892-1903
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Alexander II
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Was the reforming tsar he was assassinated by a bomb in 1881
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Russo-Japanese War 1904-05
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Russian expansion to east leads to conflict with Japan
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Revolution of 1905
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triggered by costly Russian defeat by Japan
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Bloody Sunday massacre
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Unarmed workers shot down by government troops
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Cohong
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Is a system restricted foreign merchants to one port city
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The Opium War (1839-1842)
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Commissioner Lin Zexu directed to stop opium trade
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