Compare And Contrast The Fall Of The Ottoman And Chinese Empires

The collapse of the Chinese and Ottoman Empire began with fighting between the Chinese Empires and allies and Ottoman Empire and their many allies however when this ended it was not enough for either state to survive. This did not bring peace to their states, in fact it just began to get worse until the eventual fall of both Empires completely. The fall of the Chinese and Ottoman Empires was due to them not modernizing quick enough, their unwillingness to reform to what the rest of the world was doing and their unwillingness to let go of their traditionalism. In the World in the Twentieth Century from Empires to Nations Daniel Brown and Thomas Sander explained the fall of the Chinese and Ottoman Empire. In the seventeenth century the warrior tribes who controlled the Chinese Empire were called “Manchu.” They founded the imperial dynasty called “Qing” and they were proud of their culture. The Qing rulers kept the same Chinese …show more content…
The Ottoman Empire was an ancient empire that had existed since warrior tribes from Asia conquered the lands of the Byzantine Empire. The tribes were descendants of their first leader Osman. The Ottoman Empire governed territory from the Hungarian plains in Europe to the borders of Persia, then from the northern black shores of the Black Sea, the Caucasus Mountains to the Atlantic shores of Morocco. This was a very large territory to the Ottoman Empire and their language, religion and culture varied as well. The empires took up the Muslim religion, and this became the state religion. The Ottoman’s rulers’ title was “sultan.” The Ottoman armies and navies had the best fighting forces, and their strength was through all the lands in the sixteenth century. However by the nineteenth century, they had lost multiple battles and their economy was suffering. The Western civilization was producing products cheaper than they Ottoman could, and they were now in a crisis