Multiplicity of faiths in each Sons kept in palace to prevent empire led to tension Princes fought to become heir; coups/led to sheltered less Princes fought to become heir; political instability caused by family competent rulers and instability political instability caused by controversies always threatened the threatened the empire controversies always empire threatened the empire Decline: Looked inward, felt superior, and Looked inward, felt superior, and Looked inward, felt superior, and tried tried to keep out new ideas, which led tried to keep out new ideas, to keep out new ideas, which led to to their eventual decline and which led to their eventual their eventual decline and extinction extinction decline and extinction Political decline by 1750's - expansion Political decline by 1750's - expansion Political decline by 1750's - dried up dried up expansion dried up Ottoman princes become lazy Safavid Shiites persecute Foreign trade controlled by Europeans through luxury Sunnis, non-Muslims, and even Military, administrative network Wahhabi movement Sufis expensive to maintain Foreign trade controlled by Foreign trade controlled by Europeans Europeans Islamic empires less interested in Military, administrative network Military, administrative network outside world- thus didn't understand expensive to maintain expensive to maintain the tremendous changes Europe was bringing to the world Islamic empires less interested in Islamic empires less interested Thought they had it all outside world - thus didn't in outside world - thus didn't understand the tremendous changes understand the tremendous Swiftly fell behind in technological Europe was bringing to the world changes Europe was bringing to development Thought they had it all the world Swiftly fell behind in technological Thought they had Disadvantage in world economy development it all because of inflation caused by New World silver - Europeans controlled Corruption among local govt officials Swiftly fell behind in (taxing/pocketing) technological development
Sons kept in palace to prevent coups/led to sheltered less competent rulers and instability threatened the empire Multiplicity of faiths in each empire led to tension Princes fought to become heir; political instability caused by controversies always threatened the empire Princes fought to become heir; political instability caused by family controversies always threatened the empire Decline: Looked inward, felt superior, and tried to keep out new ideas, which led to their eventual decline and extinction Political decline by 1750's - expansion dried up Ottoman princes become lazy through luxury Wahhabi movement Foreign trade controlled by Europeans Military, administrative network expensive to maintain Islamic empires less interested in outside world - thus didn't understand the tremendous changes Europe was bringing to the world Thought they had it all Swiftly fell behind in technological development Corruption among local govt officials (taxing/pocketing) Looked inward, felt superior, and tried to keep out new ideas, which led to their eventual decline and extinction Political decline by 1750's - expansion dried up Safavid Shiites persecute Sunnis, non-Muslims, and even Sufis Foreign trade controlled by Europeans Military, administrative network expensive to maintain Islamic empires less interested in outside world - thus didn't understand the tremendous changes Europe was bringing to the world Thought they had it all Swiftly fell behind in technological development Looked inward, felt superior, and tried to keep out new ideas, which led to their eventual decline and extinction Political decline by 1750's - expansion dried up Foreign trade controlled by Europeans Military, administrative network expensive to maintain Islamic empires less interested in outside world- thus didn't understand the tremendous changes Europe was bringing to the world Thought they had it all Swiftly fell behind in technological development Disadvantage in world economy because of inflation caused by New World silver - Europeans controlled