END OF EMPIRES ByeBye OTTOMAN EMPIRE QING DYNASTY
END OF EMPIRES!!! • Bye-Bye – OTTOMAN EMPIRE – QING DYNASTY • HELLO – JAPAN
Ottoman Empire— 1453 gains control of area from the Byzantine Empire— 1500 & 1600 s height of power – 1700 s start of decline—”sick man of Europe”
The Decline of the Empire: 18 c 3 Regions of Ottoman Empire—Who will revolt first? Why? • North Africa • Arabian Peninsula • Eastern Europe
GREECE
Sick Man of Europe! Tansimat (Restructuring/Reform) in the Ottoman Empire • Revolution v. Reform • Reform-changes within the system • 1 st attempt by a Middle East country to experiment with a constitution (equality & citizenship); Education reforms; westernization (not related to religion) Young Turks—riding the “Nationalism” wave (over religion); encouraging westernization; won’t gain success until after Great War; bring about change (term still used today)
Europe on the eve of the Great War—Power Vacuum
Crimean War like “The Great War”— How?
NATIONALISM
QING (Manchu) Dynasty • Mc. Cartney Mission • British Influence • Boston Tea Party? ? ?
CHINA IS FACING CHANGES • INTERNAL – White Lotus Rebellion – Taiping Rebellion – Boxer Rebellion • EXTERNAL • Opium Wars • Sino-Japanese War • European Influences (Ports)
What is going on here? Who are the animals? What happened to China?
European Imperialism in China & India CHINA • British 1 st then others piled on • Creation of sphere of influences • Independence movements focused against Manchu rule instead of foreigners • due to strictly economic European interest British only • Creation of a colony • Independence movements focused against the British • Created out of a desire to get upper hand in trade • Began by Great Britain INDIA
JAPAN Cmdr. Matthew Perry shows up to Japan in 1853 and tells Japan they need to open up or else…Japan in awe of the technology they have missed out on…tell USA NO! but alas they have no choice! Emperor takes on Western ways…Japan (unlike China & India) are organized about their modernization…it becomes like a national industry; revolt against the Shogun and put in new emperor…Meiji… 15 years old!
Meiji Restoration Kick Westerners Out…Westernization is in! Samurai’s out…Western Army in!! INDUSTRIALIZATION—focused on military Sino-Japanese War (war w/ China) 18941895 Russo-Japanese War (war w/ Russia) 1904 -1905
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