The Ottoman Empire 13001529 Rapid Expansion 15291683 Periodic Expansion zenith of power 16831820 Decline 18201914 Attempted Modernization Conceptions of Ottoman Empire as weak and ineffective true for a part of its history but was a world power and did experience extremely rapid ID: 437397
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Imperial Expansion
The Ottoman EmpireSlide2
1300-1529: Rapid Expansion1529-1683: Periodic Expansion, zenith of power
1683-1820: Decline
1820-1914: Attempted ModernizationConceptions of Ottoman Empire as weak and ineffective, true for a part of its history, but was a world power and did experience extremely rapid expansion and military success.
Expansionism!Slide3
Janissaries
-Christian Children offered training (indoctrination)
-Method of social mobility -Most effective force, not always loyal.Economic Aspect
-Taxes often less severe under Ottoman than they would be under local lords and tyrants.
Military Tradition -Marching band music. (Instruments left at Vienna) -Naval Force -Creative: See Conquest of Constantinople.
MilitarySlide4
Lepanto
Naval ForceSlide5
Marriage
-Goal of creating network of family subordinates.
-Murat I married daughter of Bulgarian King Sisman (1376)Religious Tolerance
-Could settle own disputes as long as they acknowledged the supremacy of the Sultan, paid taxes. “Putting diversity to work of polity.”
Progressive Relationships with territorial Neighbors. -Based first on equality often through marriage, then vassalage to superiority to destruction.Administration
-Sent troubling local powers to preside over distant lands.
-Crimean Khanate
Social Policies Geared t0 Expansion