Cultural+Ottoman

The 1800’s were riddled with European countries showing a rise in both imperialism and nationalism. The Ottoman Empire was not different from these countries. During this time period, there were also rebellions against the ottoman Empire. In an ABC-Clio time line it is states in 1821 “ Greek revolutionaries rebel against the Ottoman Empire, beginning the Greek War of Independence” (The Rise of Nationalism). The fall of the Ottoman Empire had begun. The Greek War for Independence demonstrates a change in the Ottoman culture. Previously, the Ottoman Empire had been one of the longest standing Empires in the world. By people rebelling against the Empire it demonstrates a shift in the cultural thought of the people at the time. Shortly after the Greek revolutionaries contested the Ottoman Empire, the Treaty of Versilli after World War I abolished the Ottoman Empire and divided Europe depending on the powers of the victors.  During the time in which William Shakespeare wrote Othello the Ottoman Empire was strong. The fall of Constantinople allowed the Ottomites were able to seize control of the land. In an ABC-Clio article this Expansion of territories is demonstrates, “expanding boundaries of the Ottoman Empire in the Near East and the Mediterranean, from the fall of Constantinople in 1453 through the end of the reign of Sultan Selim I in 1520” (Ottoman Empire, A.D. 1453-1520). Expansion and Imperialism is a cultural mind set. When a county expands boundaries usually a culture becomes unstable and turns into the over powering countries culture. Just and the American’s over taking the Native Americans, squashing their native culture, the Ottomites inflicted their culture on to the people of Constantinople, Syria, and Russia leading to a cultural shift in the regions which were taken over.
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 Works Cited "The Rise of Nationalism, 1815-1914." World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 4 Jan. 2012. "Ottoman Empire, A.D. 1453-1520." Map. World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 5 Jan. 2012.