The struggle between Greece and the Ottoman Empire can be dated back to the fifteenth century. The Ottoman Empire found itself fragile after the Napoleonic Wars of the 19th century‚ giving Greece an advantage to gain their independence from the Turkish Muslims. Nationalistic fervor spread among the Greek population‚ strengthening their will to overcome the rule of the Ottomans. From such tension rose a great war among the Greeks and the Ottomans‚ with the intervention of France‚ Russia‚ and Great
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The Janissaries of the Ottoman/Turkish Empire The Janissaries was an elite corp. in the standing army of the Ottoman Empire from the late 14th century to 1826. Highly respected for their military prowess in the 15th and 16th centuries‚ the Janissaries became a powerful force to be reckoned with on the battlefield‚ and in government administrations. The janissaries were organized into three unequal divisions: the cemaat‚ bölükhalki‚ and segban. The Janissary corps was originally staffed by Christian
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The principal notion of concluding the decline of the subcontinent based on the decline of Mughal power in the 18th century still exists. The time period after Aurangzeb’s death and before the pre-Colonial regime in the subcontinent encountered various political conflicts and extensive cultural progress. In terms of the political conflicts‚ the Mughals faced a financial crisis which was generally caused by the immense expansion and catalyzed by other events. They also had to deal with the numerous
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In 1915‚leaders of the Ottoman Empire(Young Turks) set up a plan to eliminate the Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire. Sources have stated that approximately 2 million Armenians were killed during the Armenian Genocide. The Armenian Genocide was just one of three genocides the ruthless Ottoman Empire caused.(the others being Assyrian Genocide and the Greek Genocide) The reason behind this genocide(this is the first ever genocide to called be called a genocide) is that the “Young Turks” strongly
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Crystal Castaneda AP World History Period 3 April 6‚ 2011 Safavid and Mughal Mughal and Safavid were a few of the strongest empires in their time. These empires shared many similarities‚ but one major similarity is their political structures. The Safavid and Mughal both had a centralized government‚ based on military conquest‚ and were both Muslim based empires. But like many things these two empires do have differences‚ they were both in different regions‚ overall population was different
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Compare/Contrast Rome Roman and Mongol Empire are renowned for their vast territory. However structural problems had been visible in them even at the height of their power‚ which later on led to a decline. Even though the two societies were ascendant in different historical periods‚ there were some similarities between the cause of their demise. Nonetheless‚ these are some factors that led to the decline of Rome; financial military exhaustion‚ failure of leadership‚ separate and independent
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of The Roman Empire Why the topic is interesting: The Roman Empire was one of the greatest and most powerful communities that ever existed‚ so how such a mighty Empire could decline in power is very interesting. Background: What was the Roman Empire? The Roman Empire came after the era of The Roman Republic. At its peak‚ it controlled territories from Britain and Germany to the Persian Gulf and North Africa. The great Empire was then separated into the Byzantine Empire and the Western
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The Roman and Abbasid Empires were similar yet different in many aspects. Religion helped achieve loyal subjects within the empires and provided citizens with a background of beliefs and goals to follow throughout their lives. With a strong foundation of beliefs‚ a great empire is formed and sustained. The Roman Empire practiced Christianity. Christianity was based on the teachings of Jesus who was born in Judea‚ a Roman province. He taught that there was only one God and that people should
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The Rise of the Aztec Empire Aztec empire was one the most successful empire during the 14th and 15th centuries it is said to be the most lucrative and powerful Mesoamerican kingdoms at that time. The Aztec community began in the middle of a lake but later became the capital of an empire. Aztec was consisting of a diversity ethic group that lived in the area which stretched from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf coast. The Rise of the Aztec Empire and its aptitude to be so successful and powerful dominance
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Perhaps no other empire has risen as successfully as the Mongol Empire. Prior to the empire’s rise‚ multiple tribes lived at the Mongolian steppes‚ these tribes will later unify to establish the powerful Mongol Empire by Temujin (Genghis Khan). The tribes consisted of Turkic and Mongol-Tungusic tribes‚ around 1103 B.C a dominant tribe emerged from the steppes known as the Mongols. The Mongols defeated neighboring nomads and unified the tribes before setting on their conquest of Eurasia and Iran.
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