Ottoman Empire: Rise Date Of Empire 1520

Rise date of Empire: 1520

Fall date of Empire: 1922

Dates of dominance:

~1520-1566 (golden age)

Ottoman Empire

b.) The author’s thesis of this chapter is that even though the Ottoman Empire never came close to achieving world dominance, it reached its pinnacle of power and prosperity during its most tolerant era, according to page 168. The author’s argument for including this Empire in her book is that it rose to become successful through tolerance and fell because of intolerance.

c.) The key to making the Ottoman Empire successful was tolerance, most importantly religious tolerance. The strategic tolerance brought the Ottomans cooperation and large numbers of Christians converted to Islam. Religious tolerance also brought non-Muslims who contributed immensely to the economic expansion of the empire, according to page 175. Jews were very helpful by helping Ottoman cities become major centers of international commerce and as stated on page 175, “European Jews also provided the Ottomans with scientific and medical knowledge, as well as new technologies for industry, arms, and munitions.” The foreign people brought by religious tolerance contributed a lot and played an important role in the rise and success of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire never became world dominant, but according to page 175, it came close to be with its territorial expansion, cultural blossoming, and prosperity.

He gave non-Muslims a lot of religious freedom to the point where they were almost equal to Muslims and this kept people from revolting because there was no need to fight for freedom, they already had