The Roots of Arab Bitterness World War I The Roots of Arab Bitterness

Ottoman Empire: Sick Man of Europe Istanbul

Ottoman Empire: Sick Man of Europe The Ottoman Empire reached its furthest extent by 1700. During the next two centuries, the empire began to decline until it became known as “the sick man of Europe.”

Ottoman Empire: Sick Man of Europe

Ottoman Empire: Sick Man of Europe The Ottoman Empire reached its furthest extent by 1700. During the next two centuries, the empire began to decline until it became known as “the sick man of Europe.” By the beginning of World War I, the Ottoman Empire was, for the most part, limited to what is now Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and the Hejaz in Arabia.

Ottoman Empire: Sick Man of Europe

Europe Grows Stronger than the Ottomans 1453 – The fall of Constantinople c.1300 to 1600’s - The European Renaissance Beginning 1300’s - The Reformation Beginning 1400’s - The age of exploration and discovery The expansion of trade c.1650 to 1780 - The Age of Enlightenment c. 1750-1850’s - The Industrial Revolution

European Imperialism 1492 – The expulsion of Moorish presence from the Iberian peninsula – Spain begins trying to gain control over the western Mediterranean 1500-1600’s - Ottoman’s gained lose control over the Magreb, a bunch of petty city states and ports 1500-1800’s - Barbary Coast pirates raid European ships and coastal villages as far as Ireland (over a million and half Europeans kidnapped and forced into slavery in such places as Algiers) 1800’s – France began invading the Magreb

Ottomon’s at the beginning of WWI

Ottoman Empire: Sick Man of Europe Dardanelles Bosphorus

Husayn ibn Ali ibn Muhamad

Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia

T.E. Lawrence Emir Feisal