Ottoman Decline
Important Dates
Sultans
Janissary
Tanzimat Reforms
200

Egypt under this leader gained much more autonomy under the Ottomans in the 19th century.

Who is Muhammad Ali?

200

This province received formal recognition to be ruled by a hereditary leader in 1841, recognizing this province's autonomy.

What is Egypt?

200

The last sultan.

Who is Mehmed VI?

200

The purpose of the Janissaries.

What are the elite slave soldiers of the Sultan?

200

The two Ottoman rulers were responsible for enacting the Tanzimat Reform.

Who is Abdülmecid I and Abdülaziz?

400

This rising northern power invaded the Ottoman empire several times, leading to the Ottomans losing territory around the Black Sea.

What is Russia?

400

The sultanate was formally abolished in this year.

When is 1922?

400

The Janissaries were dissolved in the 19th century by this Sultan.

Who is Mahmud II?

400

The leverage of the Janissaries.

Who is the Sultan's private army?

400

The Tanizimat reforms moved power to the sultans after moving education and law from this system.

What is the millet system?

600

This rising cause in Europe stoked division among the Ottoman empire between different groups like the Turks, Arabs, and Armenians.

What is Nationalism?

600

This name for the disbandment of the Jannsaires in Istanbul by Mahmud II occurred on June 15, 1826.

What is the Auspicious Incident?

600

The sultan who lost Egypt, Cyprus, Bulgaria, and other important provinces. Ruled 1876-1909.

Who is Abdul Hamid II?

600

Reasons for the decline of the Janissaries as an army.

What are reforms and expanded rights?

600

These two wars coincided with the Tanzimat Reforms and convinced Europe the reforms were only to gain European military support

What is the Crimean War and First Ottoman-Egyptian War?

800

This Treaty signed in 1878, at the conclusion of the Russo-Turkish war granted independence to many Balkan countries.

What is the Treaty of San Stefano?

800

This nationalistic Turkish group staged a revolution in 1908 against the Sultan in order to restore the constitution of 1876.

What are the Young Turks?

800

This late 19th century Sultan tried reforming the empire but was killed by his own ministers.

Who is Abulaziz?

800

The Janissaries displayed their political influence when they overthrew this reforming Sultan in 1808.

Who is Selim III?

800

The reinstatement of this famous Muslim voting tax increased Ottoman division between the Ottomans and the largely Christian Balkan Peninsula.

What is the jizya?

1000

Effect of the European Age of Exploration on the Ottoman economy.

What is decreasing trade?

1000

This treaty was signed on July 8, 1833 between Russia and the Ottoman Empire to defeat Muhammad Ali’s attempts to take Istanbul.

What is the Treaty of Hünkâr İskelesi?

1000

The sultan in power during the Armenian genocide.

Who is Mehmed V?

1000

In the 19th century, the Janissaries were disbanded on the Sultan's orders by this method.

What is massacre?

1000

The purpose of the commercial reforms inside the Tanzimat reforms was to create more trade with this place/region.

What is western Europe?

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