Transcript PPT 24/25 Ottomans, China, Japa

END OF EMPIRES!!!
• Bye-Bye
– OTTOMAN EMPIRE
– QING DYNASTY
• HELLO
– JAPAN
Ottoman Empire—1453 gains control of area from
the Byzantine Empire—1500 & 1600s height of
power –1700s start of decline—”sick man of
Europe”
The Decline of the Empire: 18c
3 Regions of Ottoman Empire—Who will revolt first? Why?
•North Africa
•Arabian Peninsula
•Eastern Europe
GREECE
Sick Man of Europe!
Tansimat
(Restructuring/Reform) in the
Ottoman Empire
•Revolution v. Reform
•Reform-changes within
the system
•1st attempt by a Middle East
country to experiment with a
constitution (equality &
citizenship); Education
reforms; westernization (not
related to religion)
Young Turks—riding the “Nationalism”
wave (over religion); encouraging westernization;
won’t gain success until after Great War; bring
about change (term still used today)
Europe on the eve of the Great War—Power Vacuum
Crimean War like “The Great War”—
How?
NATIONALISM
QING (Manchu) Dynasty
•McCartney Mission
•British Influence
•Boston Tea Party???
CHINA IS FACING CHANGES
• INTERNAL
– White Lotus Rebellion
– Taiping Rebellion
– Boxer Rebellion
•EXTERNAL
•Opium Wars
•Sino-Japanese War
•European Influences (Ports)
What is going on here? Who are the
animals? What happened to China?
European Imperialism in
China & India
CHINA
•British 1st then
others piled on
•Creation of sphere
of influences
•Independence
movements focused
against Manchu rule
instead of foreigners
•due to strictly
economic European
interest
British only
•Creation of a
colony
•Independence
movements
focused
against the
British
•
Created
out of a
desire
to get
upper
hand in
trade
•Began
by
Great
Britain
INDIA
JAPAN
Cmdr. Matthew Perry shows up to Japan in 1853
and tells Japan they need to open up or
else…Japan in awe of the technology they have
missed out on…tell USA NO! but alas they have no
choice! Emperor takes on Western ways…Japan
(unlike China & India) are organized about their
modernization…it becomes like a national industry;
revolt against the Shogun and put in new
emperor…Meiji…15 years old!
Meiji Restoration
Kick Westerners Out…Westernization is in!
Samurai’s out…Western Army in!!
INDUSTRIALIZATION—focused on military
Sino-Japanese
War (war w/
China) 18941895
Russo-Japanese
War (war w/
Russia) 1904-1905