Transition From Empire to Modern State System in the Middle East

The collapse of the Ottoman Empire started with the World War I and multiple Iraq wars of terrorism made to their empire. The frequent rebellions and attacks in their territory eventually lead

The Middle East was under the control of the Ottoman Empire for many centuries. It was declining but still in control until World War 1. World War 1 impacted the modern Middle East a tremendous amount. Who controlled the Middle East changed because of oil, resources, and the relationships between Israelis and Palestinians also changed drastically.

With the end of the War came the end of the Ottoman Empire and the rise of the Middle East nation states. These new states consequently ended the possibility for a single Arab Nation. Each state came under the influence of Britan or France. Although these new states were not technically colonized, each country was significantly swayed by the European powers. For example those states under British influence were lead by monarchs while French states often gravitated towards republics. These spheres of influence greatly impacted a

The East, the land of cotton, fine silks, and rich coffee, was the land of three of the most powerful empires to ever grace the surface of the earth. The Mughal, Safavid, and Ottoman Empires were known as the gunpowder empires, and they were feared throughout Europe because of their horsemanship, their power, and their armies. They dominated the stage for centuries, but, as with all things, history moves on. It stops for no man, and all goods things eventually come to an end. So it was with the powers of the East. As Europe prospered from exploration and improved though revolution, the Middle East suffered from poor weather, internal dissent, and a currency crisis that sucked the rulers in like quicksand. And so it was that the epicenter of the world shifted; Europe took the title of midpoint between East and West (Lecture, 09.09.).

Throughout Middle Eastern, beginning in the 1800’s many changes and continuities have occurred and shaped what there national identity is in present day. Religion and literature have remained a continuous factor throughout this time period; where as a very successful oil discovery and currently changing government help shape the Middle Eastern national identity

Have you ever wondered why or how the European imperialist changed the Middle East and Africa? Have you ever wondered why the European imperialist would want to change the countries in the Middle East and Africa. This essay will provide the reader with many reasons why the European imperialist changed the Middle East and Africa.

In the 1900's at the twilight of a fresh new century in the 700th year of its presence the Ottoman E, moire started to die a brutal, climatic death. The team that damaged this elder and once powerful state launched the Middle East, Europe, and the world, but this enhanced instability and chaos. The Ottoman Empire was one of the most triumphant empire in the Middle East until WW1, thats where it all began. During WW1 the Ottoman Empire took the side of the Central Powers, and they were against the Allied Powers. As the war went on the Central Powers were losing and continued to lose. So the war ends and the ryAllied Powers came out with the victory, and this leads to the Ottoman Empire being weakened strongly. However, after WW1 Britain and France went on to dividing the Empire,

The Ottoman Empire, one of the most valiant world powers of its time, received heavy influence from the spread of Islam through Europe and Asia Minor. Culture, military, and politics also held a stranglehold on the Ottoman Empire. Emerging as one of the many Turkish states in Asia Minor from the decline of the Seljuk Turk Empire, the Ottoman Turks began to engulf surrounding states, gaining vast territory. By the mid to late 1400’s, the Ottoman Empire was one of the most dominant empires in all of Europe.

The book starts out talking about Egypt and Iran in the late nineteenth century. It says how during the nineteenth century, the major European powers expanded their overseas empires and protected their principal imperial possessions by entering into agreements among themselves or by neutralizing the rulers of territories bordering on those possessions. Next, the chapter talks about Iran during the second half of the nineteenth century. European influences came to Iran, because powerful forces of decentralization had taken root in Iran during the chaotic period between the fall of the Safavids in 1722 and the consolidation of the Qajar dynasty. The next chapter discusses how those that had escaped direct occupation-Iran, the Ottoman Empire, Afghanistan, and Morocco-

The modern conception of the Middle East was molded in the early 20th century. The French and the British both formulated their foreign policy in the Middle East to help advance their own self interests. Power hungry and desperate for new land, British and French governments struggled to shape the Middle East. Britain’s unwillingness to learn about the people living in the Middle East, coupled with their underestimation of Arab nationalism, made for an inauspicious state. People in these Middle Eastern nations were unable to advocate for themselves and were taken advantage of by corrupt government officials or imperializing western powers. The French and British erred by disregarding pertinent information about the nationalist feelings of the

The term Eastern Question defined the games of politics and diplomacy in the Middle East from the mid-eighteenth century until the breakup of the Ottoman Empire orchestrated by Western European powers after First World War. The Ottoman Empire was increasingly becoming very dysfunctional, ravaged by internal conflicts between rulers, governors, and opposing factions, which put Western powers on edge, prompting military coalitions that abridged the Ottomans territorial controls and influences. After the fall of Adrianople the Europeans scrambled for two years to find a solution for the lands controlled by the Ottomans for fear that one country would “benefit exclusively. “ This is a clear example that the Europeans themselves were staunchly divided

The Ottoman Empire was one of the largest and strongest Turkish Muslim empires in the world, with its capitol Constantinople it led the trade in the eastern and western world. Constantinople had total control of the Silk Road due to location, being in the middle of the black and Mediterranean Sea gave Constantinople total control of the trade market. Leading for more than 600 years (Modern World History, chap. 5, sect. 2) the Ottoman Empire served as a unification between different and separated parts of the Islamic world. The Ottoman Empire rose to power mainly due to Mongols destroying their Islamic dynasty known as the Seljuk Turks, this in turn caused the Ottoman Turks to regain their strength and regroup. Military leaders also played an important role in the development of the empire.

World War I profoundly changed the political geology of the Middle East. The Ottoman Empire had for some time been the 'Sick Man of Europe,' draining domain for about a century. It lost control of its European belongings preceding the war and, having aligned with the defeated Central Powers, lost its Middle Eastern domains a short time later. The victorious Allies changed the Middle East into its present frame, with its European-outlined names, flags, and borders. Ottoman provinces got to be Arab kingdoms, while Christian and Jewish enclaves were cut out in Lebanon and

Much of the Middle East experienced centuries of Ottoman rule, generally from the mid-sixteenth century up until the declining years of the nineteenth century. The Ottomans' hold on the Middle East was often tenuous and frequently interrupted. Perhaps the biggest relic of British rule was the institution of monarchy, which they secured in almost all the lands they ruled. Nevertheless, the powerful forces uniting the Middle East have at times also been sources of division and conflict. In many historical episodes subtle differences in dialect or ethnic identity have served as powerful catalysts for the communication of national or sub national loyalties.

World War I ended in 1918, although the vanquishment of the Ottoman Empire on behalf of the Allies especially that of Europe has led to a domino effect in which the Middle East still hasn't and probably will never bounce back from. The faint of the Middle east inevitably fell to the hands of the Europeans chiefly that of Great Britain and France, and because of the dismantled state of the economy and government the Middle East would become a breeding ground for imperialism with Great Britain and France as its partakers in it. Nevertheless, one can see that because of the Sykes-Picot agreement and the Mandate system the Europeans imperialistic mindset would lay the foundation to the mordern middle East.