HIST 1011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Tokugawa Shogunate, Papist, Bsc Young Boys
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10/27/15 8:26 pm: muslim states, a. ottoman empire (1300- 1922, b. safavid empire (1502- 1722, c. mughal empire (1526- 1761) China: qing dynasty (1644- 1912: b. japan: tokugawa shoguante (1603- 1868) ~ europeans dominated the oceans but that didn"t mean they dominated on land~ Church originally christian: ruled over multi-ethnic, multi-religious territory, extremely diverse: turks, arabs, kurds, greeks, serbs, religiously diverse: muslims, christians, jews, etc, how did they conquer, millet system- decentralized local authorities. Communities were self-governed under system: janissaries. Military force that maintained order in the empire. Ottoman empire imposed quotas on christian community for recruitment of young boys. Took them to istanbul, converted and trained them. This group was the elite & grew very rich and powerful: non-muslim communities subject to pay taxes. Safavid empire: experience success same time as europeans did, present day iran, distinguished by its own languages and culture, multi-ethnic empire, large jewish community, some christians too.
