HST 101 Lecture Notes - Hong Xiuquan, White Lotus Rebellion, Anti-Russian Sentiment
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In 1798, napoleon invaded egypt and defeated the mamluk forces he encountered there. Fifteen months later, after a series of military defeats, Napoleon returned to france, seized power, and made himself emperor: his generals had little hope of holding on to power and, in 1801, agreed to withdraw. Muhammad ali emerged as the victor in the ensuing power struggle: muhammad ali used many french practices in effort to build up the new. 50: he established schools to train modern military officers and built factories to supply his new army. Ottoman reform and the european model, 1807-1853: at the end of the eighteenth century sultan selim iii introduced reforms to strengthen the military and the central government and to standardize taxation and land tenure. These reforms aroused the opposition of janissaries, noblemen, and the ulama: tension between the sultanate and the janissaries sparked a janissary revolt in.
