Ottoman Empire

the Turks in 1830 when the European powers finally stepped in after being reluctant due to their own personal interest in Greece and other territories in the Ottoman Empire. Leading up to their revolution, various opinions over the Greeks and the condition of Greece itself arised. Various people believed that the Greeks in the Ottoman Empire were either courageous, glorious beings or ignorant evil doers…

Through this, it enhances our understanding of the nature of violence in this genocide in modern history, how the elimination of almost an entire race. The Armenians were a Christian people living in the predominantly Muslim Ottoman Empire. Due to most of the Ottoman rulers being Muslim, they permitted religious minorities like the Armenians to maintain some independence, but they also subjected Armenians, who they viewed as ‘non-believers,’ to unequal and unjust treatment. Christians had to…

against the Armenian people during world war 1, and today this refusal still affects not only the survivors of this massacre, but their ancestors Christians around the world. The Armenian Genocide was a plot established by the leaders of the Ottoman Empire of the time, the…

As the European nations sought to decrease the power of the Ottoman Empire, they introduced nationalism to the Arabs. The British seduced local Arab leaders to leave the Ottoman Empire and create their own state and Caliphate. The Arabs joined the fight wishing to gain their independence from the Ottomans. They wanted their own identity and a unified Arab region but what happened was the Arabs were separated into mandates governed by the French and British. The promises for Sheriff Hussein were…

Contrasting the rise of Islam in the first Caliphate to the final Islamic empire, encompassed in the Ottomans, shows many parallels while not being completely homogeneous. Both dominions grew through military conquest and both were ultimately unable to maintain central control of their outskirts, a consequence of inefficient delegation. They showed “tolerance” to non-Muslims through inequality under the law, higher taxes, and slavery. Many positions within their military and government…

covered up, was particularly brutal. The Ottoman Turks had a lot to do with the genocide taking place, the murders were brutal and the Ottoman Turks and Turkish people today have had a lot of control over the aftermath. At the time, the Ottoman Turks had just entered World War I, taking the side of Germany and the Austro- Hungarian Empire. The Turks were worried about the Armenian people living in the area, thinking that they would stray from the Ottoman Empire and aid Russia in the war.…

1.5 million Armenians were killed from 1915 to 1918. Before the genocide, there were nearly 2 million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire; after the genocide there were only around 500,000 Armenians left. There were three stages of the Turkish Government's plan to obliterate the Armenian people. The first stage occurred April 24, 1915, and the plan was to arrest and eventually murder…

Kemal “Atatürk” The longevity of the Ottoman Empire is undeniable. From its beginnings in 1299 to its end in 1922 the Ottomans were one of the world’s longest functioning empires, with its geography reaching to large parts of Africa, Asia, and Arabia. Though the Ottoman’s lasted seven centuries, the empire was in an increasing state of tortuous decline beginning in the sixteenth century. This decline was inflicted by outside influence from the other existing empires that hailed from the other…

Likewise to the Ottomans, the Safavids economic strength derived from trading routes and its location. Constant rivalries with its neighbours including the Ottomans and Mughals were due to mostly sectarian tension between Shi’a and Sunni Islam. They were known for their unifying spirits that influenced part of their control power and encouraged contact with the west affecting European art and literature. The capital Isfahan, like Istanbul signified the empires cultural greatness through…

By the time Venetian Commander Pietro Mocenigo reached Greece, the Ottoman Turks had greatly expanded in the eastern Mediterranean and were threatening Venetian interests in the region. This was a true clash of opposites; the Venetians were a Christian, seafaring people and the Ottomans, conversely, were Muslims who preferred to travel and fight by land. The only thing these two empires seemed to have in common was their penchant for trading, a similarity that became one of the prime ingredients…