Thursday, September 3, 2009
The Ottoman Empire
The Islamic Empire, after some time, was finding some unification within four states. One of these states was the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire could be called at one point the most powerful empire in the world. It was composed of Turkish warrior groups that had found a new beginning in Anatolia. Over time, the Empire grew until it covered much of the Anatolia peninusula, gone deep into southeastern Europe, and had conquered a large Christian population. This was only the beginning. After this, the Ottoman Empire expanded its control to a lot of the Middle East, the coasts of North Africa, land around the Black Sea, as well as even farther into Eastern Europe. Few could hold a candle to the Ottoman Empire. The Turks were now established as dominant over the Islamic world. The Ottoman truly asserted themselves as the top dogs when they seized Constantinople from the Christian Byzantines. After this victory, the Ottoman Empire expanded to become the next Roman Empire.
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Your post about the Ottoman Empire really gives a nice overview of everything that went on in the Ottoman Empire, and I agree mainly with two points that you suggested.
ReplyDeleteSo first I srtongly agree that the Turks were established as the dominant people of the Islamic world. I agree with this, because not only do we see this in the Ottoman empire, but we also see it with the Safavid, and Mughal empires. The Turks are seen as these people to be feared because they have extremely organized government societies, and because they have srtong enough armies to invade any region.
Now moving on to the second point which was that the Ottoman truly asserted themselves as the top dogs when they seized Constantinople. I strongly agree with this because not only did they prove to be the top dogs then, but they proved it again when they had the authority to threaten the Safavid empire after the Safavid Empire had invented the new way of Islam which was Shia. I get the idea that you believe that the Ottoman Empire was a huge threat to any empire at the time, and that is why I completely agree with your post.