Ottoman History

The term Ottoman is a dynastic designation which is extracted from Osman I (Arabic: ʿUthmān), who was the nomadic Turkmen leader who instituted both the dynasty and the empire about 1300. Ottoman empire dates back to 15th and 16th centuries, it was established by Turkish Tribes in Anatolia (Asia Minor). It grew as one of the most influential states in the world. The period of Ottoman remained for 600 years and it ended in 1922, when it was substituted by the Turkish Republic and several other…

Ronald Suny’s book “A History of the Armenian Genocide” attempts to explain the Young Turks reformist ideas to use massacres as a solution to the what they deemed as an Armenian threat. Suny explores the idea that the leaders of the genocide ( the Committee of Union and Progress and later the Young Turks) turned fear, resentment, and the issues of war into mass killings as a way to find a solution to the Armenian problem. I fully agree with Suny’s examination of this genocide because I believe…

World powers always need to be growing. If a country does not, they will either collapse in on itself or become over run by other nations stronger than them. In “The Rise of the West” one finds that when China and the Ottoman Empire could not afford to advance and or shut out the rest of the world. They did not maintain their statuses of dominant world powers . It is true that they were still strong but their lack of advancement eventually caught up to them in the long run. China was truly…

Biondich is a professor of the Balkans at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. His book, The Balkans, looks at the region following the decline of the Ottoman Empire. More specifically, he discusses how the contrasting forces of nationalism and foreign intervention have caused the mass violence which are unfortunately synonymous with Balkan history. Balkan nationalist movements followed a similar path beginning with cultural revival and ending with political agitation for national liberation.…

everyone as premeditated genocide. In the shadow of World War I, one of the world’s first systematic genocides transpired within the Ottoman Empire. From 1908 to 1922 the Turkish government arrested, executed, and deported over 1.5 million Armenians, following a premeditated and systematic campaign to exterminate the entire people. The decline of power in the Ottoman empire coupled with the fear of domestic conflict had provoked new government, the Young Turks, to idealize an exclusively…

Disciplining Modern Turkey: Historiographical analysis of the Ideology of Mustafa 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…

people were sharing their knowledge about that event. In the introduction part of the film the look was taken on who was the Armenians and their ancient history as well as was explained their culture and religion. In the 15-th century Armenia was conquered and became the part of Ottoman Empire. The legal position for the minorities of Ottoman Empire wasn’t pleasant, everyone should obey to the sultan and to his laws, pay high taxes and other similar policies…

Allies (Russia, Britain, France, and later the United States) against the Central Power (Germany, Austria – Hungary, and later the Ottoman Empire). Second, the League of Nations was established to make sure a war like that would never happen again. Third, the war caused the Bolshevik Revolution to happen in Russia. World War I was one of the most brutal wars in Human history. Many people died and there was a lot of property damage. After the war ended, Germany had to pay a lot of money. Germany…

Carmen Garcia Ms. Treesara / Mr.Bilsky World History / Composition II 5 June 2016 Genocide Essay Talat Pasha once said, “The only way to dispose of the Armenian question is to kill the Armenian.” Those who agreed with Talat statement were obsessed with the idea of exterminating all the Armenian people. The Turkey genocide should be considered a genocide because it followed the 10 stages of genocide. The genocide was between the Turkish and the Armenians.…

A pattern for future sultans to gain control was set and weak sultans were produced. Chapter 18.3- The Mughal Empire in India Early History of the Mughals: Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni attacked India around 1000. Delhi became the capitol of the Delhi Sultanate, a loose empire left after the attack and ruled by Turkish warlords. It was destroyed in 1398 by Timur the Lame but didn’t rise to…