Ottoman & qing 1750 1900s

Ottoman Empire & Qing Empire

Era of Changes1750 to 1900

IMPERIALISM (1770s-1914)Industrialized nations (nation-states of Europe, U.S., Russia, and later Japan) strengthened their control over their colonies AND established transoceanic empires throughout Asia, the Pacific, and Africa.

Imperialism is this extension of political and economic control.

European Colonies - 1700

Industrialized nations control by 1900

Ottoman Empire & Qing Empire

Era of Changes1750 to 1900

Ottoman Empire & Qing Empire – the turbulent 19th century

Ottoman Empire & Qing Empire – the turbulent 19th century

Ottoman Expansion 1300 - 1600

The Battle of Lepanto, 1571

Nationalist revolutions & European advances led to the Ottoman Empire losing territory

EX. Independence in the BalkansSemi-Independence in North AfricaLater British influence in Egypt

The Decline of Ottoman Rule

The Empire became known as "the sick man of Europe” by Europeans.

MANCHU CHINA – the QING DYNASTY (the last dynasty of China)

Qing China produced more goods and held onto a favorable trade balance into the late 1700s.

An example from China- the Opium Wars 1830s

Silver to China!

Tea & Silkfrom China

Opium Warehouse - India

BLOCKADE OF FOREIGN FACTORIES

Opium War 1839

Treaty of Nanjing

THE OPIUM WARS

Boxer Rebellion

Chinese Rulers sing-along-to the tune of “Frere Jacques”?

Shang, Zhou, Qin, HanShang, Zhou, Qin, HanSui, Tang, SongSui, Tang, SongYuan, Ming, Qing, RepublicThen comes RevolutionMao Zedong, Mao Zedong

Empires that didn’t strike back!

Qing Dynasty of China (1644 – 1911) The end of a 4000 years of dynastic cycles.

Ottoman Empire (1300 – 1918)

600 year old powerhouse fell.

CAUSESIn the 1700s, Qing China & the Ottoman

Empire• Had governments that resisted

economic change & attempted to maintain pre-industrial forms of economic production

• Had leadership that underestimated the growing power of the European nations

Empires that didn’t strike back!

CHANGES• Reforms limited by conservative

elites• Economy weakened• Political Rebellions• European pressure / takeover