HIST 1F95 Lecture Notes - Cecil Rhodes, Ottoman Empire, Manchu People
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Reading assignment due at the beginning of seminar next week. An empire is a state that governs many nations. Empires were typically headed by a monarch who was supported by an army and administration. The oppressed people were frequently deprived riches or goods unless they chose to assimilate to the empire. Some empires that existed around 1900: chinese, persian, austro-hungarian, Ultimately became very chinese themselves by adopting chinese way of life. Most especially the ching dynasty adopted the chinese method of government (founded by confucius- similar to communism). The ching dynasty, founded by the manchu people, briefly conquered china. Today we live in nation states, but in the year 1900, the world was controlled. The world in 1900 ottoman empire (modern turkey) dominated islamic world. Strange custom- one chinese tradition was foot binding where feet would be wrapped very, very tightly in order to achieve smaller, sexier feet.
