HIS201H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Eastern Question, Crimean War, Sharia
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The transformation of the ottoman empire from extractive re-distributive economic balance. Reorganization of imperial structures and social reform. Effe(cid:272)t: tra(cid:374)sfor(cid:373)atio(cid:374) of su(cid:271)je(cid:272)t"s politi(cid:272)al (cid:272)o(cid:374)s(cid:272)ious(cid:374)ess a(cid:374)d e(cid:373)erge(cid:374)(cid:272)e of (cid:272)olo(cid:374)ialis(cid:373) a(cid:374)d nationalism esp. , egypt. Define state and organization that successfully claims a monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force over a given territory. Maintain rule over multireligious and multiethnic diversity through variety of flexible policies of toleration and incorporation. Offer provincial elites stake in state for economic functions and political duties delivered. Gazi ethos: conquest in the name of islam. Means of state: fratricide within alliance network building with neighboring dynasties. Conqueror of syria, palestine, egypt, arabia, algeria. Established legal (cid:272)ode that was ofte(cid:374) i(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:374)fli(cid:272)t with shari"a. Debased money (to much money: the great transformation. Rise of urban up to the feed agreement 1808. Incorpation into world economy undermines ottoman system of wealth redistribution. Bankruptcy of egypt in 1875 and the ottoman empire in 1878.
