THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE 3 RELIGIONS WHO IS IN

THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE 3 RELIGIONS WHO IS IN CONTROL?

3 RELIGIONS 3 CULTURES • JUDAISM - THE JEWS OCCUPIED PALESTINE (MODERN DAY ISRAEL) ACCORDING TO BIBLICAL TRADITION • JEWS OCCUPIED THIS AREA DURING THE ROMAN EMPIRE • ARABS (LATER MUSLIMS) LIVED INTERMINGLED IN THE OUTER AREAS OF PALESTINE • CHRISTIANS CAME INTO BEING WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS.

ROME EVENTUALLY BECOMES A CHRISTIAN EMPIRE • UNDER CONSTANTINE, THE ROMANS WENT FROM CHRISTIAN PERSECUTORS TO CALLING CHRISTIANITY THEIR OFFICIAL RELIGION • JEWS STILL LIVED HERE • ARABS STILL LIVED HERE • WITH THE FALL OF ROME IN 500 A. D. , • CHRISTIANITY NO LONGER HAD CONTROL

CHAOS!!!! • • • NO ROME WHO TAKES OVER NOW? BIRTH OF ISLAM, 600 A. D. MUSLIMS ESTABLISH TRADE EMPIRES. JEWS STILL LIVE HERE, BUT AS SECOND CLASS CITIZENS. • MANY JEWS LEAVE PALESTINE.

THE CRUSADES • FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF THE “HOLY LANDS” • ISLAM WINS! • THE MIDDLE EAST BECOMES THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE.

ESTABLISHMENT • OLD CHRISTIAN ROMAN CAPITAL CONSTANTINOPLE BECOMES ISTANBUL AND CAPITAL OF OTTOMAN EMPIRE.

SULTANS • RULERS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE • ALLOWED OTHER RELIGIONS TO PRACTICE THEIR OWN FAITH FOR A FEE. • SOME CHRISTIANS AND JEWS REACHED HIGH OFFICES IN THE EMPIRE’S GOVERNMENT.

SULEIMAN, “THE MAGNIFICENT” • UNIFIED THE EMPIRE • ESTABLISHED A SYSTEM OF JUSTICE

SINAN • SULEIMAN’S ARCHITECT • ESTABLISHED ISTANBUL • BUILT MOSQUES (ISLAMIC PLACES OF WORSHIP) ALL OVER THE EMPIRE

OTTOMAN SLAVES AND SOLDIERS • NOT ALL ENJOYED GREAT LIFE IN THE EMPIRE • CAPTURED ENEMIES BECAME SLAVES AND SOLDIERS

JANISSARIES • ELITE SLAVE FIGHTING FORCE • DISBANDED FOR FEAR OF TAKEOVER

THE DECLINE OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE • • • FOUGHT CONSTANT WARS NEARLY WENT BANKRUPT WRONG SIDE OF WORLD WAR I NOT INDUSTRIALIZED ENOUGH EMPIRE GONE BY 1924 TURKEY IN ITS PLACE