The Qing Empire and the Ottoman Turkish Empire both comare as well as contrast. The Qing Empire lasted from 1644 to 1912. The Ottoman Turkish Empire lasted from 1299 to 1923. As you can see the Ottoman Turkish Empire lasted alot longer than the Qing Empire. All empires have declines and many problems that causes them to eventually dissolve. In the Qing empire the leaders were not able to resolve the problem caused by increased population pressure and concentration of land ownership. The Qing Dynasty was the last imperial dynasty in China. The dynasty was founded by the non-chinese people of the Manchus who originally lived in the northeast which was later called Manchuria. The Manchus used the disintegration of the central government of the Ming Empire that …show more content…
The men of the pen was highly educated of scientist, lawyers, judges, and doctors. The men of sword were military personnels. The men of negotiation were merchants, artisans, and tax collectors. The men of husbandry were farmers and herders and some people was based on the skills they knew. Inadequate administration, disruption/invasion in the government, is when farmers had a hard time when it came to their cattle. The “New Order” reactionary movements, had become anarchic and ineffectual and they then was jealous of their privileges and opposed to change they created a Janissary revolt which led to the death of Selim. Massacred Janissary corps and marked the first breakaway, forced to recognize Greece with the treaty of Constantinople. The beginning of the 17th century the Ottoman Empire began to change itself according to the western culture. The empire took some innovations from the west. Also, by the contribution of foreign engineers the Empire repaired its old arm systems. The Newly-found school’s, permanent ambassadors, and privy councils were essential improvement for the Empire. All of these reformations had a good impact at the period of
All of the empires in chapter four certainly left their legacy. But what was their legacy about? As I see it, it was more about their destructive features than their ‘greatness’. Every empire had a rise and fall, the fall due to war or conflict. Rome and the Han Dynasty were the major two ‘empires’ with conflict. Next, Persia and the Greek empire’s conflicts.
Throughout history, and in many nations and empires throughout time, governments are affected by religions of different kinds. Religion has been an integral component of humanity, as a way to search answers to existential questions that they might have as well as possibly giving a reason as to why the things they saw happen occur, mostly in older religions. Religion is used by people in power to govern the citizens of their nations on a basis of that religion, as a way to set the foundations of the rules and regulations that must be followed. The Han Dynasty and the Gupta Empire during the classical ages of China and India, respectively, are examples of how their emperors used religion to exert control and shape their nation. The methods in
The Ottoman Empire was one of the longest running empires in history, spanning 624 years. The women of the Ottoman empire were often limited to the household of their husband’s and held back by Ottoman lawmakers and authorities. The point of view of outsiders was varied, but there were both positive and negative views.
Together but separate they started an economy centered on some form of money. While very different from each other both Empires saw it important to have some form of art and to show their people the glory they earned. Although they created Empires with a decent economy they were just as bad as previous Empires before them and did not last past the 1600s. It seems that in order to keep things straight and keep a country lasting without down fall wars and fighting need to end and instead people should join freely with each other or leave each other alone to do as they wish. All Empires, kingdoms, etc… must fail at some point it seems this conclusion is based on the falling of the Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Ottoman and Habsburg Empires and all other Empires that lasted several thousand years before they reached their
During the seventeenth century, the Ming dynasty was weakening and falling into chaotic disarray. Many fringe tribes were using this time to attack the dynasty’s borders and to increase their territories. One group to the northeast was the Manchus, which was a segment of the larger Jürchen tribe, who lived east of the Liao River. Here they intermingled with the Han Chinese emigrants and engaged in a settled, arable agriculture and also traded luxury goods, horses, and furs (Spence 32.) Taking advantage of the Ming’s weakened state, a Manchu general conquered Peking and put the Manchus into power over the Chinese empire. Upon the Manchu conquest of the Ming dynasty, it was important for the new Qing, emperors to consolidate power by imposing
The Han Dynasty, the amazing Chinese era to have said to unified China for over 400 years old. This era in China’s history began in 206 B.C when a rebel armies rose up against the Qin army. One rebellion, led by Chen Sheng and Wu Kuang was later joined by Xiang Liang, Xiang Yu, Ying Bu, and Peng Yue joined forces with Liu Bang. The people of the Qin Dynasty were unhappy under the rule of Qin Shihuang who was ran his empire with an iron fist. His rule was absolute and disagreeing was punishable by death, though Emperor Qin was the one who to end the Warring States as well as complete the conquering of China in 221 B.C, thus expanding the Chinese state. After the takeover, Liu Bang took the name as Emperor of China and changed his given name to Emperor Gaozu and the Qin laws were abolished.
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Finally, both the Ottoman empire and the Ming Dynasty declined because of the same reason. The reason both empires fell was because of weak rulers. The latter Ming Emperors were weak and corrupt, and because the Ming Dynasty was imperial, the rulers weakness deteriorated the empire drastically. The Ottomans locked up the heirs in the royal palace, which left them with no experience with governing.
The Ottomans and Spanish built flourishing empires based on different philosophies from 1450 to 1800. The Ottoman and Spanish were two powerful empires during that time. During the building of the two empires, the Spanish and the Ottoman both developed similarities in their social, political, and economic structures. The Ottoman took control of Europe, while the Spanish saw it as easy to monitor new lands. The different tactics employed made the both empires flourish. For instance, the Spanish were not tolerant of religion. They conquered other areas with the aim of converting Christians to Islam, if they refused, they would be killed. On the other hand, the Ottoman leaders incorporated leaders of diverse culture
The Ottoman Empire was one of the most powerful empires in history, spanning from the 13th century in Northwestern Anatolia, to the late 19th century having reached Europe, Africa, and Asia respectively. As the rest of the world advanced and modernized, though, the Ottoman Empire struggled to maintain power and territory, and it began to implement a series of reforms to try to keep up with the likes of Europe. This is where we eventually see the once-prosperous empire struggle against the rest of the modern world, which eventually led to its downfall.
...vided and chaotic. The Ottoman Turks took advantage of the declining empire during a war often referred to as the Turkish War. During this time, the Ottomans, which were mostly composed of Sunni Muslims, conquered the Byzantine Empire through a series of battles, and expanded the territory into Balkan. The new Ottoman Empire peaked under the leadership of Emperor Süleyman I. While the Ottoman Empire reached its highest point due to it’s military and governmental strengths, the Byzantine Empire fell in 1265.
Throughout history, foreign policies and views of foreigners differed from empire to empire. The Ottoman Turks, an incredibly long lasting, Muslim empire, were quite welcoming towards foreigners. Their leaders were tolerant of other religions and were open for foreign merchants to enter their markets. In contrast, the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan shut themselves out from the world. Under Oda Nobunaga, Japan was fair but after his death this changed. They persecuted Christians and only allowed the Dutch to trade with them at a specific port. These two powerful empires have foreign policies that show how varied, yet similar, foreign policies can be, and show how differently leaders of the same empire view the same topic.
The big one was in the way the empires were ruled. Russia preferred a highly centralized government while the Ottoman’s for the most part let the local governments do the day to day governance, as long as they still got their taxes. Their religions also differed. The Russians are Orthodox Christians and their government didn’t have much in the way of religious tolerance while the Ottomans had large swaths of conquered lands with many religions so they were quite tolerant so their religious scope was varied. The empires also differed on their relationships with European technology. The Ottoman empire didn’t embrace it and then it was too late and their technology deficit caused their downfall. The Russian’s also stayed away until Peter the Great. After him they wholly embraced everything European. The last example of differences between the Ottoman and Russian empires is their useage of slaves. The Russian’s whole economy was based on serfdom while the Ottomans had child slaves who into their
The Qing Dynasty prospered well into the 20th century despite the numerous problems the administration faced. However, during the early days of the 20th century, civil disorders continued to grow in such unmanageable factions that the administration was pushed to do something about it. The high living standards of the previous century had contributed to a sharp increase in China’s population, there was approximately 400 million people living in China around the nineteenth century. This spike increased population density, it also created a surplus of labour shortages, land shortages, inadequate food production and several famines. As an attempt for a solution, Empress Dowager Cixi proclaimed a call for proposals for reform from the generals and governors. There were three reform movements between 1860-1911, “ the Qing court and Chinese provincial officials had tried to adapt a wide range of Western techniques and ideas to China’s proven needs: artillery, ships, the telegraph, new schools, factories, chambers of commerce and international law” (Spence, 234). The first reform being the Self-strengthening Movement the second was the Hundred Days Reform and the last is regarded as the Late Qing reform. These three reforms were similar in the fact that the main objective was to strengthen China. However, there were multiple reasons for the failed plans of the reforms. Analyzing certain individuals and events during the late Qing dynasty will help determine if the Manchus would have been viable leaders for modern China.
The Chinese Empire was large and controlled most of Asia at one point in time. One of the dynasties that ruled the empire was the Ming Family. Ruling from 1368-1644, almost three hundred years, the Ming Dynasty impacted Chinese history very much.