At the head of the Ottoman Empire was the sultan‚ as they are called Islamic rulers who helped him viziers‚ ministers responsible for government tasks; While the rest of the population‚ a privileged group played government positions in the capital of the Empire one of its provinces‚ in the military or as a religious minister and others in various activities such as agriculture‚ livestock and trade. As cultural diversity Ottoman Empire (population up by pardons from different cultures‚ who speak several
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usefulness of the new weapons (Sandberg‚ Para 4). Gunpowder weapons first proved their unquestionable worth to European rulers in the mid fourteenth century as the cannons that helped the armies of Mehmet II destroy the previously impregnable walls of Constantinople in 1453. In that same year cannons combined with earthen defenses helped the French to crush an English attempt to retake Gascony at the Battle of Castillon (Blair‚ Martell and Roumas‚ 47). The history of the diffusion of firearm technology throughout
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Throughout the ages there have been many important events‚ times crucial to the outcome of the future with regards to a very large portion of the population or a continent. The results of the Greco-Persian wars were so important that the defeat of Greece could easily have meant the loss of western civilization to the Orient. The fact that Alexander’s army refused to cross into India meant the prevention of harmful religions such as Hinduism entering into a knowledge-rich Asia Minor‚ or a philosophy-defined
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The Roman Empire was a great empire full of riches‚ a massive army‚ and a wide area of land‚ but they also were plagued by disease‚ poverty and corruption. After many years of Roman rule the empire lost its final battle. Luckily the Roman dream was preserved through many new empires‚ events and groups of people which included the Muslims‚ the Catholic Church‚ the Barbarian invasion‚ and the Byzantium Empire. These people and events influenced the way Western civilization has developed today. One
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stalemate was the only way to go. Germany considered Turkey‚ to be one of its most valuable allies and was enticed to the idea of a triumph blow against it. The original plan was having British warships sweep through the Dardanelles strait‚ attack Constantinople and force Turkey out of war. During that time Britain was known to having the most powerful navy and the idea seemed effective. However things got on the wrong turn‚ when in March 1915‚ as the British and French ships entered the strait‚ where
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The Umayyads tried to convert the Islamic conquests into a secular state. The Umayyad caliphs extended the territories of Islam to the walls of Constantinople‚ the borders of China‚ and along the southern coast of the Mediterranean to Spain. The Umayyads attempted to maintain a strictly Arab elite within their state. As the number of non-Arab converts to Islam grew‚ dissatisfaction with the concept of Arab—especially Quraysh—dominance festered. Demands for greater equality among all Muslims coalesced
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Renaissance movement. The Mongol Invasion of Europe may not have directly caused the Renaissance movement‚ but it was a necessary tool. The Renaissance would have likely not happened‚ because learning and trade would have stayed in Byzantium and Constantinople. The Mongols were a big deal‚ and had bigger ripples.
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friends and fellow villagers and to encourage them to participate in the crusades. Small groups started to form and each group would be self- directing. All the groups planned their own ways to the Constantinople‚ where they would meet and regroup. They would attack the Turkish forces in Constantinople and hope to regain control of the city. The large Christian armies talked to Alexius I Comnenus‚ the Byzantium emperor‚ and agreed to return any of his old land that was recaptured. The armies were
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key positions and trained soldiers. Part of the Mughals success was because competing powers could not afford to buy or make guns or train and maintain an army. The Ottomans‚ first under Selim and through to Suleiman the Magnificent captured Constantinople and were powerful in the Eastern Mediterranean with the use of gunpowder and firearms. Suleiman’s conquest of
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The Roman Empire and Persian Empire were some of the greatest civilizations of all time. There were many similarities in how these civilizations rose to power and how they fell from it. Among these were the over-expansion of territory which led to many problems that built up to their downfall and a similar political system that made local rebellions minimal. However the way in which these civilizations chose to try and correct their flaws is quite different. One of the biggest factors
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