HIS 1123 Lecture 25: Chapter 25 - Adapation and Resistance - The Ottoman and Russian Empires
Document Summary
Between 1500 and 1700 the ottomans were the dominant power in the middle. Their great rival was the hapsburg royal family. By the end of the 16th century both empires were militarily overextended. After the siege of vienna in 1683 the ottomans were forced withdraw and the con ict reached an impasse. Ottoman sultans reformed them, as well as the tax system. Russian czars began to exploit decentralization to make territorial gains at ottoman expense. The ottoman empire increasingly faced the challenge of rapid western modernization. Russian and napoleon both carved away portions of the empire. Sultan reined in janissaries and powerful lords, but recentralization was still necessary. Re-worked military and tax system, enumerated basic rights of citizens in ways that are in uenced by constitutional nationalism. Land - code says unless you have a validated deed in hand, all land is owned by the. Crimean war broke out in modernizing ottomans and russia.
