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Notes on video lecture:
The Ottoman Empire's Changing Balance of Power with Europe
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on October 2, 2015 (go to class or lectures)
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dramatic change with the balance of power with             
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up until the middle of the 18th century, the Ottomans could feel to be on an            footing with Europe
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and before this period even                  to Europe
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in the          quarter of the 18th century, a dramatic change began to took place
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the gab in science, technology, military and                  power was shifting in favor of the Europeans
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important advances in                  lead to population growth in Europe
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more          building and economic expansion
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powerful navies and armies
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Russian Ottoman War 1768-1174
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critical turning point
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Russians won war and took over the area of the             
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brought the Russians to the banks of the Black Sea
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it was no longer an enclosed Ottoman         
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brought the Russians closer to the Bosporus and                        straits that lead to the Mediterranean
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this not only meant the loss of control of the Black Sea but the first loss of control of Muslim                 
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a great historical                 
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it was of importance in terms of                      for the Ottoman Empire to be the ruler of Muslims and not to have Muslims taken over by Christian powers
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the Ottoman Empire saw itself as the                    of Muslims and Islam
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the 19th century was the century of European empires
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Europe seemed to be ruling the           
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this led many people in the Ottoman Empire to realize that something had gone wrong in the              order of things
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the belief in the historic supremacy of Islam over Christianity
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it was in need of an update
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           III (reigned 1789-1807)
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began first serious efforts at                        the Ottoman armies
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before the Napoleonic invasion of           
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the fact that reforms began in the military is significant
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meant that the the military was the                  of Western modernizing reform
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because they were modernized, they often became the leaders of revolutionary change in later decades
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led to revolutionary change in other spheres
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required the learning of foreign languages: French, English,             
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led to the influx of foreign           
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created a cultural           
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realized that Islam was not superior in the world
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new ideas
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equality for before the law
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individual rights
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gave rise to new forms of identity and organization of the political community
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1798: Napoleon's invasion of Egypt
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most dramatic invasion into the Ottoman Empire
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the French stayed for            years until they were forced out by the British and the Ottomans
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the first intrusion into the very                    of the Ottoman Empire
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not only an intrusion by an exposure to the greatness of European power at that time
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not just military power
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but scientific missions
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brought to the Middle East scientific advancement and progress
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1800-1850
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population of Europe increased by       
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Britain's population grew from 16 million to      million
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             became the largest city on earth, with a population of 2.5 million people
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between 1815-185-, Britain's increases of exports to the Eastern Mediterranean increased by         
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Europe's need for raw materials meant olive oil from Tunisia, silk from               , and cotton from Egypt
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the Russians and the French interfered regularly in the affairs of the Christians of the Ottoman Empire
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the Russians supporting the Orthodox Christians, the Serbs and the             
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the French protecting the                   
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at a later stage Britain tried to play this minority game by supporting the          and the Zionist idea in Palestine
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in the Ottoman empire, it was the Christians who were the first to be affected by                ideas
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they had a greater openness to the Christian West
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