Transcript the ottoman empire

THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
3 RELIGIONS
WHO IS IN CONTROL?
3 RELIGIONS
3 CULTURES
• JUDAISM - THE JEWS OCCUPIED
PALESTINE (MODERN DAY ISRAEL)
ACCORDING TO BIBLICAL TRADITION
• JEWS OCCUPIED THIS AREA DURING THE
ROMAN EMPIRE
• ARABS (LATER MUSLIMS) LIVED
INTERMINGLED IN THE OUTER AREAS OF
PALESTINE
• CHRISTIANS CAME INTO BEING WITH THE
INTRODUCTION OF THE TEACHINGS OF
JESUS.
ROME EVENTUALLY BECOMES A
CHRISTIAN EMPIRE
• UNDER CONSTANTINE, THE ROMANS WENT
FROM CHRISTIAN PERSECUTORS TO
CALLING CHRISTIANITY THEIR OFFICIAL
RELIGION
• JEWS STILL LIVED HERE
• ARABS STILL LIVED HERE
• WITH THE FALL OF ROME IN 500 A.D.,
• CHRISTIANITY NO LONGER HAD CONTROL
CHAOS!!!!
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NO ROME
WHO TAKES OVER NOW?
BIRTH OF ISLAM, 600 A.D.
MUSLIMS ESTABLISH TRADE
EMPIRES.
• JEWS STILL LIVE HERE, BUT AS
SECOND CLASS CITIZENS.
• MANY JEWS LEAVE PALESTINE.
THE CRUSADES
• FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF THE “HOLY LANDS”
• ISLAM WINS!
• THE MIDDLE EAST BECOMES THE OTTOMAN
EMPIRE.
ESTABLISHMENT
• OLD CHRISTIAN ROMAN CAPITAL
CONSTANTINOPLE BECOMES
ISTANBUL AND CAPITAL OF OTTOMAN
EMPIRE.
SULTANS
• RULERS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
• ALLOWED OTHER RELIGIONS TO PRACTICE THEIR
OWN FAITH FOR A FEE.
• SOME CHRISTIANS AND JEWS REACHED HIGH
OFFICES IN THE EMPIRE’S GOVERNMENT.
SULEIMAN, “THE MAGNIFICENT”
• UNIFIED THE EMPIRE
• ESTABLISHED A SYSTEM OF JUSTICE
SINAN
• SULEIMAN’S ARCHITECT
• ESTABLISHED ISTANBUL
• BUILT MOSQUES (ISLAMIC PLACES OF WORSHIP)
ALL OVER THE EMPIRE
OTTOMAN SLAVES AND
SOLDIERS
• NOT ALL ENJOYED GREAT LIFE IN THE
EMPIRE
• CAPTURED ENEMIES BECAME SLAVES
AND SOLDIERS
JANISSARIES
• ELITE SLAVE FIGHTING FORCE
• DISBANDED FOR FEAR OF TAKEOVER
THE DECLINE OF THE OTTOMAN
EMPIRE
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FOUGHT CONSTANT WARS
NEARLY WENT BANKRUPT
WRONG SIDE OF WORLD WAR I
NOT INDUSTRIALIZED ENOUGH
EMPIRE GONE BY 1924
TURKEY IN ITS PLACE