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Class notes HISTORY 262 (HIST262)
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The Ottoman Empire and Ming China
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The Ottoman Empire and Ming ChinaCrises and Recovery
● Mongol conquests
● Germs more devastating than conquest
○ The black death
● Rebuilding societies– old and new sources
○ Ming China
○ Ottoman Empire
○ Europe — Renaissance
New Islamic States
● Between Anatolia and India
○ Ottomans
○ Safavids
○ Mughals
The rise of the Ottomans
● Multiethnic and multilingual empire (1299-1922)
● Osman (r. 1299-1326)
○ Initially subject to the Seljuks in theory
○ Converted to Sunni Islam
● 1354-89: The Ottoman expansion into the Balkan territories
○ Initially subject to the Seljuks in theory
Governance, conquest and diversity
● Highly bureaucratic
● Regional autonomy
● Janissary
○ POWs and volunteers
○ Christians of the balkans conscripted since 1395
● Use of muskets and cannons
○ Bombards– the role of Hungary engineer Urban (Constantine XI vs. Mehmed II)
● Society characterized by upward mobility
○ Shaykh al-Islam
● Religious tolerance
● Languages: Turkish and Arabic
Ottoman empire under Mehmet II
● May 29, 1453: fall of Constantinople– Constantinople renamed as Istanbul
● Madrasas built during the reign of Mehmet II (r. 1451-81)
● Continuous expansion– Christian refugees
● 1459: construction of the Topkapi Palace
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