HIS-1400 Lecture 14: HIS 1400 #14
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Decline of ottoman empire (1700s-1800s: military power declines, become weak, internal disputes in empire, lots of palace coups, lagged begin in strategy, tactics, weaponry and training, empire flooded with european mass produced goods, extraterritoriality for europeans. European citizens are not held to ottoman laws. Muhammad ali challenges ottomans: 1805-1848, builds army, trained by the british. Incase french try to invade: expands within egypt. Britain fears a collapsed ottoman empire would allow russia to expand to get warm weather trade in mediterranean. Reform before traditionalism: tanzimat (reorganization) 1839-1876. Reformed educational system: abdul al hamid ii ended that phase and tried to reimpose autocratic rule on. Young turks = mixed blessing: universal suffrage, equality before the law, freedom of religion (islam, free public education, secularization of state, emancipation of women. Ugly side of reform: in desire to create a new empire, they also brught in genocide, 1. 5 million christian armenians were killed between 1915 and 1918. Russian empire: wants access to mediterranean.
