M E STU 10 Lecture 4: Foundations of Islam continued

• School: Berkeley
• Department: Middle Eastern Studies
• Course: M E STU 10
• Professor: Mahmood Monshipouri

Document Summary

M e stu 10 lecture 4 foundations of islam continued. 3 most crucial years that altered the middle east fundamentally: Isis wants to go back to the time before those years changed everything. Artistic pursuits: pottery, jewelry, carpet weaving, calligraphy. The ottomans claimed to be the caliphate (heir to muhammad) Millet system: ethnic and religious communities that were tolerant of differences as long as those groups paid taxes. Millet system was organized around religious, not ethnic affiliation because the. Golden years (1280-1566): the pinnacle of the ottoman empire. Stagnation (1566-1800s): military defeats, territorial retreat, industrial underdevelopment. Nationalism and decline (1800-1921): rise of turkish nationalism. Collapse (1922-1923): local, national loyalties tore the empire apart. Grand vizier: day to day political affairs of the government. The armenian massacre happened because the turkish suspected them of collaborating with russians and their heavy presence in turkey annoyed them.