European Power In The 19th Century

European power rose so dramatically between the 16th and the 19th centuries that every other part of the world had to adapt or go under. The social order was expanding and transforming like never before, a Renaissance was taking place. This enligh tenment began revolutionizing and shifting the power structures of the world. Many countries began altering their sea routes with new technologies, as a result, they gained additional trading, exchanging, and subsequently began dominating the new worlds they encountered. These countries were, propelling themselves into prosperous, wealthy and powerful positions. Having dominance in addition to power, formed new ways to claim land, set up ports of trade, and created colonies either formerly or informally. Generating, commerence, land, and influence for those

countries that were expanding into great imperialistic nations based on the science of this new industrial revolution. The money and power validated the techniques some counties exploited. The Great Muslim Empires with their well-developed governments, and military units, had become complacent, they no longer increased their territories, or trade routes, along with losing land, corrupt leadership, and massive governmental costs, they declined and began imploding and Allah cannot be with them.
Once the Muslims had controlled the commercial routes between Europe and Asia and had dictated the terms of trade with both…. the revolutionary enlightenment which was transpiring in the world outside their borders was not being noticed by these empires. The Kingdoms had been equals in world power, maybe, even more superior at times. They had developed secure governments, had decades of great leadership and they expanded greatly with strong armies and citizens both interconnected.
The Muslim navies ruled unrivaled in the Mediterranean Sea, the red sea, and the Indian Ocean.4. Their trade was far reaching and they were wealthy kingdoms, rich in resources, taxes were low and they were feared.
Narrowing the topic to the Ottoman Empire, which lasted longer than other Islamic Kingdoms in the Middle East, the times of great leadership and elitist military declined. The armies became greedy burdens of the nation, they had never industrialized militarily in the ways other nations had for defense. No, the Ottoman armies were, only fighting during certain seasons, they became merchants and landowners. Their Army leaders and had forgotten and became stagnant.... They were far behind the rest of the world now militarily, even worse, they were imploding while the rest of the world began exploding and expanding.
Czar Russians to the North had been training and building up their weapons and militaries. Russia wanted to expand; they had an objective, generate trade to become real players in this new military defense. After militarizing they had to create ways to expand and trade, meaning, gaining control or access to the warm water ports to the south. The Russians invaded the Ottoman Empire and testing their strength, which increased Russia’s border at the expense of the Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire had grown weak and complacent; they were no longer a formidable opponent The Russians collected land, trading ports and outlets on the Seas. They could now become a major player in the trading revolution either through the seas or across land. Catherine the Great of Russia and her army had defeated the Ottoman Empire, after the defeat the Ottoman Empire signed a treaty giving Russia the right to protect and “rule” Orthodox Christian Russians, within the Ottoman Empires borders, they no longer ruled the all the people in their empire, they signed the treaty and they granted a semi-autonomous principality.
They had tried reforms, many like modernizing their army, with European ideals, fiercely opposed by the Janissaries, the Ulema, and others suspicious of the Europeans. Mahmud II had been aware of the need for reform, he gained the support of the Ulema, and then, he killed all of the Janissaries. The decline in the Oottoman Empire was now obvious.
If only they had followed Muhammed Ali’s plan of action. He was with the Ottoman’s they had sent him to Egypt to restore order, acting on behalf of the Sultan, He modernized the country. He built hundreds of schools, modernized the administration, and introduced printing into the country. He claimed all of the countries resources, sold them and restructured all ofthis , without debt. He understood, do not get indebted to these European imperialists, pay your own way. He was undermined by the European powers; the Sultan gave him Syria for freeing Greece. He put his son on the throne, but, he lived in folly after this, but, he did have the right ideology, some have believed
Looking to the west for help, the Ottomans needed to form an alliance with one of the industrial revolutionary European powers .

Their offense would be defense and they would learn how to defend themselves from the west, by learning and creating a modern defense, as luck would have it they choose “The Champions of the Game,” the British.

England had become the leading naval power and protectorate of the world. England was not really interested in the Middle East until communication as well as transportation became more developed, .making trade with them and through them more lucrative. Not only this but, they were watching and believed the Czar Russians would upset the balance of power, they did not want only the Russia battleship to enjoy the straights. They were very interested, in the Ottoman s.

During this era in history the British “imperialist” were unquestionably the shrewdness of them all. The British were unyielding in their colonizing and dominating of natives in other countries. With having both a progressive army, and cutting edge technology, along with their cunning and astute schemes when applying imperialism, they were really

unmatched.
England’s trademark of colonizing in this new world, included dominating and taking control of the populations and lands they “found.” The British would then declare the people and the lands, “British” properties, belonging to the British Empire. Not just any country could be colonized formerly or informally” into the British Empire.
Basically, there was a checklist, , must have something the British wanted to seize, like riches, resources or strategically placed lands or ports at sea. Then these “Colonies” were sent governmental leaders from Britain, as well as military forces, implementing schools, economic bases, and governmental agencies for trade. British citizens from England, were also brought to these new British colonies, which created the right atmosphere, much more aesthetically pleasing for these colonies, which is why it was done. .
Concentrating on the great Ottoman Empire, the British were really “Champions of the Game” they wore veils of friendship, protection, and goodness. At first the Muslim response was one of admiration and emulation – an immense respect for the achievement of the West, and a desire to imitate and adopt them. The introduction of western commercial, financial and industrial methods did indeed bring great wealth, but, because of the treaties they had signed it would not be for the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman s hand crafted industries suffered as a result of treties they signed with England. . The native Ottoman populations were seen as tiny spokes on the wheels of a capitalistic industry, in this new world....
The best of capitalism and the capitalist greatest trick even today with the well educated, is get people hooked on your loans. Pretend and have them really believe that buying more will solve all their problems. Sell them all your wares, grant them may loans to buy, then once they are addicted, you own them, they did it to themselves, right. It is a very old capitalist imperialistic trick, it still works great todayAlthough there was an adoption of European culture, Islamic values remained. While the imposition of European culture did bring certain new ideas to the region, there was a large gap in- between the educated officials who ran the Empire and the peasants.
The introduction of western commercial, financial and industrial methods did indeed bring great wealth. Making the British investors as well as that government more wealthy
The Ottoman began living in a world they did not know, full of immigrants, capitalistic networks of trade, industrial factoties which doomed heir centuries worth of handcrafted trade. It became cheaper because of treaties signed with England, t buy from England

. The Great Muslim Empires with their elite governmental armies were no longer expanding their territories or trade routes, coupled with losing land, corrupt leadership, and massive governmental costs, they declined and imploded, Allah was not there. …Now oppresses and yoked with their protectorates tariffs and debts… unwilling to be led as children, by the paternalistic protectorates, these great people and nations of Islam will have to gather and unite….It is their only way out of the clutches of European imperialism. Unite and turn their attentions back to their ambition of establishing Islamis the only way for the Muslim brother/ sister hoods..UNITE..