1. EUROPEAN CLAIMS IN MUSLIM REGIONS
The New Imperialism

2. GUIDE QUESTION
1. Why was the Ottoman Empire known as “the sick man of Europe”

3. Decline of Muslim Power
Fall of the Ottoman Empire
Lack of Industrialization
Slavic and Arab Nationalism
By 1914-”The Sick Man of Europe”

5. GUIDE QUESTION
2. How was Ottoman power in North Africa and the Balkans gradually reduced?

7. North Africa was gradually
absorbed by European Powers
Algeria-France, 1830
Tunisia-France,1881
Morocco-France, 1911
Libya-Italy, 1914

9. Balkans break free of Ottomans
1830-Greek Independence
The Balkan War 1878-Romania and Serbia
Bulgarian independence 1908

12. GUIDE QUESTION
3. Who attempted to stem the tide of European imperialism in Egypt. How did he try to do this?

13. Egypt Muhammad Ali (Mehemet Ali?)breaks away from Ottoman control
Promotes series of reforms in military and economy

15. GUIDE QUESTION
4. How did the British gradually absorbed Egypt into their empire?

16. Building of Suez Canal
Combined effort of French and Egyptians
Gradual build up of British investment interests
1914 British Protectorate

20. GUIDE QUESTION
5. How and why was Persia partitioned?

21. Persia
Decline of Safawids
Strategic location
access to Persian Gulf
buffer state
oil
1907 partitioned between Russian and British spheres of influence

23. GUIDE QUESTION
What were the general results of European imperialism in Muslim lands?

24. Results
Generally Muslim lands lost economic resources political control to European Powers
Economic/social/political stagnation
Balkan instability