The end of the Golden Age and beginning of Ottoman Turks
What were two things that caused the end of the golden age?
1. Foreign Control
2. Group of muslims seized baghdad
What Political belief do the Safavid Empire have and what does this belief mean?
Theocracy which is when a political ruler is also a religious leader/religion controls laws.
The French won the right to build the Suez Canal, but faced with financial crisis the governor of Egypt sold his shares in the canal to the British. Is Egypt happy about French wining?
N0!!! They are not happy
The allies decided the terms of surrender. This
was driven mostly by who?
This led for many Arabs to call for ALL Arabs to rebel against these influences know as what movement?
The pan arabism movement.
Groups from where tried to take over portions of the Abbasid Caliphate?
Central Asia
What Political belief do the Ottoman Turks have and what does this belief mean?
Meritocracy which means to have laws that aren't based on religion and their social status or rankings aren't determined by their birth, but by their hard work.
The Ottoman Empire’s governor of Egypt wanted to
modernize it causing egypt became the focus of a what?
Imperialist rivalry
Why has war broken out?
The assassination of the Archduke of Austria-Hungary
Whichever side controlled the MENA strategically controlled vital trade/water routes like what?
The Suez Canal
What Religion did the Ottoman Turks practice and what did the Ottomans successfully use to expand their empire?
Islam and Gunpowder
What caused the fall of the Safavid Empire?
Invaders from the East
Egyptians rebelled against the Ottoman Governor which was a huge financial lost because...
Egypt was not allowed to tax anything that came through the Canal for a long time causing them to lose a lot of their money.
What is a simple definition of the Sykes-Picot Agreement?
A pact between Britain and France to divide the Middle East's Ottoman Empire into their own zones of influence after World War I.
Based on what we know about the Middle East, can the pan Arabism movement potentially be effective? If not why?
No. Their religion and political beliefs are very different. They also don't speak the same languages.
Ottoman Empire had grown and pushed into North Africa and Europe. What will this region become known as?
MENA
Where did Suleyman aggressively expand Ottoman control into and what global powers did the Ottomans threaten?
Into central Europe and the Ottoman threatened Europe and Asia.
What two countries wanted to dominate Egypt
to build a canal linking the Mediterranean Sea and
the Red Sea?
Britain and France
Define Nationalism, Zionism, and Anti-Semitism.
Nationalism is a political ideology and movement that promotes the interests of a particular nation.
Zionism is a nationalist movement for the establishment and support of a Jewish homeland in the region of Palestine, which is historically central to the Jewish people.
Antisemitism is the hostility, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews.
When a side controlled the MENA strategically controlled vital trade/water routes, what did this allow to happen?
The movement of troops and supplies, or the blockade of such for the opposing side.
Ottoman leader Süleyman embraced religious teachings and religious laws known as?
Sharia
Explain how the two empires differences and similarities when it came to Political systems, Economic systems, Cultural Impact, and Military Impact.
Political Systems differ due to religion.
Economic systems are considered almost the same.
Cultural Impact also differ due to religion.
Military Impact differs because of Ottoman's way of using Gun powder better than the Safavid Empire.
In 1882, British forces did what three things?
They crushed the rebels, occupied the country and gained full control of the Suez Canal
Name the three main allied powers and the four main central powers.
Allied powers = Great Britain (GB), France (FR), Russia/Soviet Union (USSR),
Central Powers = Austria (AU), Germany (GE), Italy (IT), Ottoman Empire (OE
Once the Middle East was freed, they still found
themselves impacted by what influence (hint: think of vocab words and give the definition of whatever one you chose).
It was western influence and westernization which is the process of adopting Western culture, technology, political systems, and economic practices.