NMC278H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mercantilism, Industrial Revolution, State Organisation Of The Ottoman Empire
16 Jan 2018
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Established an ideological baseline in which opponents of rulers may revolt accusing the rulers of violating the rules of contracts. Yes you are a ruler and we owe you obedience but only when you are just. Sometimes ulama (men of religion) would articulate these kinds of grievances. The dynastic non national empires would have mainly agrarian economies. most ppl were engaged in farming and agriculture. These types of empires in 16th centuries were among the most powerful in the world (ottoman empire, chinese empire). 18th century- such states would still command considerable populations but challenges from christian european states (starting from 18th century) revealed the shortcomings of these old types of empires in the more modern era. The sharia law was more of a concept but it never became a modern law code until the british did it in india and the ottomans did it in late 19th century. In early times, it"s only a set of principles.
