The Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire, two significant Islamic empires, coexisted throughout the beginning of history. The Safavid Empire arose in the early sixteenth century, while the Ottoman Empire began in the early fifteenth. The Safavid Empire was based in Iran, but the Ottoman Empire was mainly based in the Middle East.
Shia Muslims dominated the Safavid Empire, as opposed to Sunni Muslims who ruled the Ottoman Empire. Considering their differing religious convictions, the Safavids and Ottomans shared similar visual and cultural traditions. Both dynasties valued the architecture of mosques and palaces in particular. While the Safavids built structures such as Mosques, the Ottomans built structures such as a palace. The Safavids
The Ottoman and Ming empire, a few of the world’s empires to go through the history books as one of the greatest. Both empires share similarities on how they ran their government and how they differ between each other. The Ottoman and the Ming empire both displayed grandeur structures to solidify their rule. The Ottoman Empire built the Topkapi Palace, a giant structure that reflected the Ottoman empire’s power. It showed the people the empire’s view of governance, religion, and the influence of Ottoman familial tradition.
“For legitimizing their rulership, founders of Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal Empire claimed to descend from certain historical, political or religious leaders. Explain how each of these imperial dynasties claimed such legitimacies and compare them in terms of similarities and differences in the process of establishing their authority.” ALİHÜSEYİN ALTUNBAŞ SOCIAL SCIENCES UNİVERCITY OF ANKARA The Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires were three major Islamic empires (Gunpowder Empires) that emerged in the medieval period.
Ottoman Empire/ Safavid Empire Trends that both the Ottomans and the Safavids had during this time period was dealing with decentralization and recentralization. Both of these empires had to deal with the decline or rise of the tax revenues from the countryside. Another trend that both the Ottoman and Safavid empire had was the process of centralizing the military and administrative reforms (Chapter 25, in Patterns of World History, Vol. 2, p. 775). One cause that contributed to the rise of the Ottoman Empire was during the year1500 to 1700 when the Ottomans were the dominant political power in the Middle East and North Africa (Chapter 25, in Patterns of World History, Vol. 2, p. 762). During this time period, the Ottomans were flanked by two lesser realms which were the Persia in the east and the
Throughout history there have been many Empires with their own history and culture. The Mughal and Ottoman Empires were both very significant empires that existed in the early modern period. The Mughal empire was located in current day South Asia in the 16th to the 19th centuries. The Ottoman empire on the other hand began from the base area in northwestern Anatolia and continued to spread to the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeastern Europe in between the 14th and early 20th century. Both The Mughal and Ottoman Empires had many similarities and differences whether it be political, social, or economic.
During the Post Classical era 600 C.E. to 1450 C.E., the Qing dynasty and the Ottoman Empire had many differences and similarities. The shared many similarities such as patriarchy, and lazy rulers. And for difference the religion views. One similarity between the Qing dynasty and the Ottoman Empire was the patriarchal family. The Chinese were very patriarchal, the fathers were the head of the household.
Although the book describes all of these sections fairly well, Streusland admits in his introduction that he does not cover social, cultural, and intellectual history as well as he could but focuses much more on political, economic, and military history. He compares the administration of these empires excellently when he first states that the Ottomans’ success was rooted on the stability provided by both the creation of detailed records of Ottoman lands by the central government and the established connections of sipahi cavalrymen to their districts (pp. 99-103). Later Streusland compares the Safavids to the Ottomans by explaining that the Safavids tried to create a replication of the Ottoman system in the form of khass provinces that took money from the Safavids’ tribal groups and placed them in the hands of imperial officials. The Safavids system did not work nearly as well as the Ottomans’ because it suffered from sloppiness and a lack of detailed revenue surveys similar to the Ottoman ones (pp. 181-182). He then compares the Mughal Empire to the other two when he mentions that
However (Duiker, World History, 453), the Ottoman empire had Janissaries, their non-Muslim elite army (Busbecq, “Letters”)and the exclusive use of women slaves to reproduce their royal heirs which made them unique from the Safavid and the Mughal empires (Duiker, World History,
Mihir Waykar P7 Ap World History Mrs.Fleming 01 08 2016 Research Essay Question: Compare the emergence of the Ottomans as a world power between 1450 and 1650 with that of the Spanish during the same period. In your opinion who did a better job of earning the support of their subject peoples? Why?
The Manchu adopted many of the Chinese ways and allowed society to continue as it had. Although the decline of the Ottoman and the Qing dynasty had a few key similarities, the conditions of their fall
Having many artisans and traders allowed goods to be made and traded rapidly. With complete control over trade the Ottomans economy was booming and they easily stayed in power for many
He founded the Ottoman Empire from the Crusades. They gained power by using their advanced army and advanced weapons to attack other cities and conquer them. They consolidated by establishing trade relationships with other places to keep up their economic structure. They were able to maintain their power because Suleiman allowed freedom of religion of his conquered people and he established a fair political structure.
Throughout history, many impactful and memorable empires have arisen. Each empire has its own defining traits that lead to its success or demise. Some empires are very similar, while some posses many different traits. And although some can possess the same quality, their implication and utilization of that quality can create many gaps in the empire’s overall similarity to the other. Two powerful and historically important empires are the Ottoman empire, and the Mughal empire.
Unit 1 Essay Governments back in 1450-1750 CE was governed by successful emperors and some were governed by some emperors that ran the empire into complete disaster and chaos. There was two successful empires though that made history, it was the Ottoman Empire and the Mughal Empire with their systems that help them stabilize, centralize and maintain control. Both empires had great powerful emperors that lead the empire to Success! The Mughal Empire lasted between the 1526-1858 with some great emperors that were able to maintain their control.
The Muslim world expanded tremendously during the 1300s to 1700s. The Ottoman Empire and Safavid Empire were two out of the three empires that had significant changes during these time. Though the Ottoman and Safavid Empire contrast on leaders and ways they rule, they similar on their declination and cultures. In the Ottoman Empire, multiples leaders contributed to the growth of the Empire. Ghazis were warriors for the Islam that followed strict Islamic rules.
Defeat and Dismantlement of the Ottoman Empire Over the course of histry The Ottoman Empire was the one of the largest and longest lasting Empires in history. The empire exapanded at rapid pace , making it one of the well known empire sin modern time. The ottomans expansion began when the Christian empire began to perish.