POLS 3060 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: The Roots

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3060
• Professor: Janine Clark

Document Summary

Means reform & reformation, instituted behind a 100 -200 year period. When the ottomans sent mahammad ali to egypt and when he attempted independence, the. Ottomans were very shocked due to their prior dominance, so they decide to modernize and therefore become more european, especially in terms of military and administration (tax $) Large number of european advisors arrive in the empire: on how to restructure, all keeping in mind the disintegration on the borders, these advisors really molding the shape of the reforms. Large numbers of ottomans go to europe, particularly france, for education. Standardization of taxation system: the end of tax farming, cha(cid:374)ges that do(cid:374)"t happe(cid:374) easil(cid:455) as ta(cid:454) far(cid:373)ers are (cid:374)ot i(cid:374) fa(cid:448)our of this, taxes paid based on earnings and income. Re-organization of military creation of conscript army: slave army for a long time could be credited for why the empire was so powerful, now they are not working.