HIST1055 Lecture 3: HIST 1055 Lecture 3: Lecture 3: Islamic World and the Ottoman Empire
Document Summary
Consolidation of some major european states enables them to explore further and expand: financial security, religious wars. Not strictly a european venture - islamic regions had large explorations. Very similar to european nations externally - same goals, etc. A wealthier and more sophisticated place compared to most of western. Intellectually very developed for the time - complicated agricultural practices. More commercial, cosmopolitan, wealthier, better connected to one another. More sophisticated legal and economic programs (i. e. borrowing money, etc. ) When these empires were taking over islamic territories they had a lot of mid-level administration issues because unlike european. More developed than european christendom but very disorganized on the inside. Ottomans are conquering pieces of middle east, africa, and asia trying to blur the cultures into one while europe is trying to separate them. Start to push into europe in early 1400s - serbia, bulgaria, constantinople (istanbul) Mehmet ii makes constantinople center of ottoman empire.
