HIST 11051 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Selim Iii, Tanzimat, Tokugawa Shogunate
28 Apr 2019
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Boxer rebellion (1900): militia organizations killed many europeans and chinese. Suffered a split in society between modernists and those holding traditional values. 1750: the ottoman empire was still strong, at center of the islamic world; by 1900, was known as the sick man of europe . Region by region, islamic world fell under christian rule. Ottomans lost territory to russia, britain, austria, and france. Napoleon"s 1798 invasion of egypt was especially devastating. Greece, serbia, bulgaria, and rumania attained independence. Had reached a state of dependency on europe. Ottomans attempted ambitious reforms, going considerably further than the chinese. Didn"t have an internal crisis like china. Didn"t have to deal with explosive population growth late eighteenth century: selim iii tried to establish new military and administrative structures. Sent ambassadors to study european methods imported european advisers. After 1839: more far-reaching measures (tanzimat, or reorganization ) emerged. Supporters of reform saw the ottoman empire as a secular state.
