Ottoman Empire 1453 1923 Military The ottoman sultan

Ottoman Empire 1453 -1923

Military The ottoman sultan, or ruler, who captured Constantinople was Mehmet the second. The Ottoman’s continued to expand. They achieved their conquest by building a powerful military which made effect with cannons.

Cultural The Ottoman’s were a Muslim tribal group that emerged in north western Anatolia in 1200 s. They took their name from Osman, a powerful warrior chief who united various tribes and began a campaign of conquest in 1299. This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA.

Political All power flowed from the sultan who governed as an absolve ruler. The sultan sat at the top of a large political structure. For six centuries the royal family of Osman kept the throne. For six centuries, the royal family of osman kept the throne, passing it down through male members of the family.

Economic The ottomans suffered from economic problems. New sea routes to Asia reduced the amounts of revenue the ottomans can earn from trade. They increased trade with cities and the control of agriculture land.

Social Ottoman society was ethnically diverse. They allowed orthodox Christian's and Jews to practice their faith, subject to certain restrictions and special taxes. The ottomans developed a strong legal code. The code was based on Islamic law, but also included non. Islamic provisions for situations that were not covered by Shari 'a.

Reasons for Decline Suleyman’s reign was the high point of the Ottoman empire. After his death in 1566, ottoman power gradually declined. Series of increasingly weak and corrupt sultans led the Ottoman empire in its final centuries. The ottoman rulers took steps to modernize in the late 1700’s. but by this time the empire was shrinking. The ottoman empire survived until the early 1900’s, but was finally dissolved in 1923, after World War 1.