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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
