History Ottoman Empire

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History ottoman empire. An introductory history to 1923. The ottoman empire was an imperial state that was founded in 1299 after growing out of the breakdown of several turkish tribes. Osman s name in turn was the turkish form of the arabic name ʿuthmān عثمان. Trade agriculture transportation and religion make up the ottoman empire s economy.

The empire came into existence at the end of the thirteenth century and its first ruler and the namesake of the empire was osman i according to later often unreliable ottoman tradition osman was a descendant of the kayı tribe of the oghuz turks. The ottoman empire began at the very end of the 13th century with a series of raids from turkic warriors known as ghazis led by osman i a prince whose father ertugrul had established a power base in söğüt near bursa turkey osman and his warriors took advantage of a declining seljuq dynasty which had been severely weakened by the mongol invasions. The word ottoman is a historical anglicisation of the name of osman i the founder of the empire and of the ruling house of osman also known as the ottoman dynasty. The ottoman empire s early years have been the subject of varying narratives due to the difficulty of discerning fact from legend.

The economic history of the ottoman empire covers the period 1299 1923. It eventually became one of the largest most powerful and longest lasting empires in the history of the world. Slavery in the ottoman empire was a legal and significant part of the ottoman empire s economy and traditional society. Its population was under educated.

The empire then grew to include many areas in what is now present day europe. An economic and social history of the ottoman empire 1300 1914. The ottomans saw military expansion and careful use of currency more emphasis to manufacture and industry in the wealth power wealth equation moving towards capitalist economics comprising expanding industries and markets whereas the.