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Ottoman Empire (1300-1922 – Middle East, North Africa, Eastern Europe)

People Power Accomplishments Fall

Sulieman I- 

Militaryconqueror whoadded vastlands toOttoman

power,assembled an

advanced navybut also tried

to make the

people heconqueredhappy. He did

not slaughterthe people but

redesigned

laws

Selim- son of Sulieman who

as a drunk who

simply followedorders of royaladvisor. Not a

good militaryleader(example:

Russia beatbackOttomans)

Conquered

Constantinople,the center of theByzantineEmpire andcaused the fall of 

the entireempire after

lasting 1,000years

Controlled traderoutes aroundMed. Sea

Took over land

in Europe as far

as Greece,Baghdad (Iraq),

Tunisia, Algeria

Janissaries-

Christian boystaken fromconqueredareas trainedto be fiercefighters

Advancedweapons:navy, cannons,

cavalry

Tolerance – differentreligions under theOttomans wereallowed to practicetheir own religion if 

they paid extra taxes

(1)  Sulieman I

(2)  Selim

(3) 

Janissaries(4)  Tolerance(5)  Advanced

weapons(6)  Why did the

empire fall (3

reaons)

In 1800s, the

start losing landto Europeanpowers in theMiddle East

Leaders likeSelim start

borrowingmoney to

finance wars

and Ottomansgo into debt.

Sultans stopbeing trained in

combat

strategies, stopdeveloping war

technologies

Internal

rebellions fightagainst corruptOttoman rule

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Qing (China 1644-1912)People Power Accomplishments Fall

Kangxi – fought

governmentcorruption bykeeping taxeslow andsponsoring arts

Yong Xheng – 

sponsoredgovernment

reforms by

getting rid of head taxes andallowing farmers

to prosper, buthis nice nature

kept corrupt

officials around.

Qianlong- underhis rule, the

controlled East

Asia culturally,politically,economically

-Manchu outsiderstake over

-Didn’tdramaticallychange the laws,political structureof Ming who ruled

previously, soeasy transition

made people lesslikely to rebel

-Queue – made

people shaveheads to showloyalty to the Qing

-Isolationism-refusing to let

trade or new ideas

come in becausethey may be

unstabilizing-Unified country

under one

religion/philosophy(Confucianism)-Dual System – every governmentposition had botha Qing leader and

a native Chinese 

SouthernCreation Scrolls – 

depicted Kangxi’srule

Advanced militaryunder bannersystem wheresoldiers were

assigned aspecific color to

help organize

them and fight asa family

-Europeanpowers started

taking control of the land andforcing treatieson them tomonitor to the

Qing govt.

-Europeans sellOpium drug to

Chinese

-Opium Wars -Qing try to stop

Europeans fromselling drugs, but

they lose this

war and mustgive land and

power toEuropeans.

-Internalrebellions against a corrupt

govt. (led by WuSangai)