Review the Following Terms: CHINA: the OTTOMAN EMPIRE
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Warm-Up: Review the following terms: CHINA: • The Middle Kingdom • The Taiping Uprising • Hong Xiuquan • The Opium Wars • The Treaty of Nanjing (1842) • Spheres of Influence • “Self-strengthening” • Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists (Boxer Rebellion) THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE: • “The strong sword of Islam” • “The sick man of Europe” • Devshirme • Sultan • Ulama • Janissaries • Tanzimat • Young Ottomans • Islamic modernism • Young Turks Ch. 19: Comparing China and the Ottoman Empire Questions 1. In what ways were China and the Ottoman Empire similar prior to 1800? 2. In what ways were China and the Ottoman Empire different prior to 1800? 3. In what ways was China’s experience from 1750-1900 similar to the Ottoman Empire’s experience during the same time period? 4. In what ways was China’s experience from 1750-1900 different to the Ottoman Empire’s experience during the same time period? 5. In what ways was reform in China in the late 19th/early 20th centuries similar to reform in the Ottoman Empire during the same time period? 6. In what ways was reform in China in the late 19th/early 20th centuries different than reform in the Ottoman Empire during the same time period? 1. In what ways were China and the Ottoman Empire similar prior to 1800? ● Both were highly successful, well-established civilizations prior to 1800 ● Both had territories that included their respective cultural heartlands and expanded into new areas over time ● Both had distinct cultures heavily dependent on philosophy/religion (Islam in the Ottoman Empire, Confucianism/Daoism/Buddhism in China) ● Both Muslims and Chinese had long histories of prosperous trade, economic flourishing, and scientific innovations ● Both had centralized bureaucracies ● Both had supreme rulers (the emperor in China, the sultan in the Ottoman Empire) in absolute monarchies ● Both were large empires that included diverse populations, but still ruled over a primary ethnicity (ethnic Chinese in China, Turks in the Ottoman Empire) ● Both looked down on the West with condescending attitudes ● Neither took the West to be a serious threat or felt the need to learn or borrow from Europe ● Both had to increasingly face increasing challenges from the West as the economies and militaries of the West became more advanced and expansive ● Both had declined somewhat in their world positions by 1800 ● Both were very patriarchal and historically suppressed women ● Neither felt the modern or democratic influences of the Enlightenment, Scientific Revolution, or political revolutions like the West had ● Neither had industrialized prior to 1800 2. In what ways were China and the Ottoman Empire different prior to 1800? ● China had a much longer history (almost 4000 years of history) by 1800, whereas the Ottoman Empire had been around since the 1300s ● Chinese civilization was contained entirely in the Chinese state, whereas the Ottoman Empire was only one of the several Muslim states ● Different philosophical/religious influences (Islam in the Ottoman Empire, Confucianism/Daoism/Buddhism in China) ● China had more of a historic reputation of being a land of wealth and prized trade items, much more so than the Ottoman Empire had been ● China had viewed itself as the “Middle Kingdom” and was arguably much more ethnocentric than the Ottoman Empire ● China had more cultural homogeneity than did the Ottoman Empire ● The Ottoman Empire was spread over 3 continents, whereas Qing China was solely in East Asia in the land that China had occupied for millennia ● The Ottoman Empire, due to its location, had more contact with Europeans prior to 1800 than China had ● China had experienced much more population growth than the Ottoman Empire prior to 1800, and struggled to deal with all of those people ● China had a much larger peasant population than the Ottoman Empire ● China’s rulers (the Manchus) were regarded as foreigners; the Ottoman Empire’s rulers were seen as culturally identical to its core population (Turks) ● Ottoman Empire had a more favorable view of merchants 3. In what ways was China’s experience from 1750-1900 similar to the Ottoman Empire’s experience during the same time period? ● Neither Qing China nor the Ottoman Empire fell under direct European colonial rule, but both were diminished as they came out on the losing end of a changing global order led by Europeans ● Both were given “unequal treaties” by the Europeans which enabled European penetration of their economies ● Both lost territory to other nations ● Both were militarily outdated relative to Europe ● In both empires, provincial/local authorities gained more power at the expense of the central government ● Both were once proud civilizations that had become “semi-colonies” within the “informal empires” of Europe ● Both struggled with European economic pressures ● Both became economically dependent on Europe by 1900 ● Both dealt with internal issues (peasant rebellions in China, nationalist movements in the Ottoman Empire) ● Neither was able to create the industrial economies or strong states required to fend off European intrusion or restore their former status in the world ● The experiences of both empires would lead to them coming to an end in the early 20th century (both will go through transformative changes) ● Both went through modernizing/industrializing procedures, but these were largely in response to European aggression and, later, largely dependent on European direction ● Both produced nationalist movements 4. In what ways was China’s experience from 1750-1900 different than the Ottoman Empire’s experience during the same time period? ● China had to deal with the pressures of an increased population (lack of food, lack of jobs, inability of the centralized bureaucracy to keep up) ● The Qing dynasty received more scorn than Ottoman leadership because it was already seen in a negative light (outsiders)- matters in the 19th century just made it worse ● China had to deal with a massive peasant rebellion (the Taiping Uprising) ● China had to deal with the effects of an increased drug trade (opium from the British) ● The Ottoman Empire had to deal with nationalist movements (the Greeks, the Armenians, Serbians, Romanians, and Bulgarians) ● The Chinese had more prolonged militant responses to European aggression (ex: the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists, or the Boxer Rebellion) 5. In what ways was reform in China in the late 19th/early 20th centuries similar to reform in the Ottoman Empire during the same time period? ● Both launched efforts at “defensive modernization” aimed at strengthening their states and preserving their independence ● In both societies people held tightly to old identities and values ● In both societies, others embraced new national identities focused on modernization ● Nationalism became a powerful force in both societies ● Both reform efforts prompted backlash from conservative members of society (the Janissaries and ulama in the Ottoman Empire, and the bureaucrats and gentry in China) 6. In what ways was reform in China in the late 19th/early 20th centuries different than reform in the Ottoman Empire during the same time period? ● Ottoman reforms began earlier than Qing reforms and were more sustained than the half-hearted “self-strengthening” reforms in China ● Ottoman reforms began with attempting to modernize the military ● Reforms resulted in the Ottoman sultan (Selim III) being overthrown and murdered ● Tanzimat reforms in the Ottoman Empire resulted in much farther-reaching modernization and Westernization than in China (ex: Western-style secular law codes and courts, new secular elementary and secondary schools, telegraphs, steamships, and a modern postal service) ● Minority subjects were given equal rights in the Ottoman Empire, which prompted some backlash (such as Turks deporting and massacring Armenians) ● Minorities were given far more opportunities to advance in the Ottoman Empire (ex: Christians could obtain high offices) .