1. Ottoman Empire & Qing
Empire
Era of Changes
1750 to 1900

3. Ottoman Empire & Qing Empire –
the turbulent 19th century

4. Ottoman Expansion 1300 - 1600

6. Nationalist revolutions &
European advances led to the
Ottoman Empire losing territory
EX. Independence in the Balkans
Semi-Independence in North Africa
Later British influence in Egypt

7. The Decline of Ottoman Rule

8. The Empire became known as "the sick man of
Europe” by Europeans.

10. MANCHU CHINA – the QING
DYNASTY (the last dynasty of China)

14. Qing China produced more goods and held onto
a favorable trade balance into the late 1700s.

18. THE OPIUM WARS

23. Chinese Rulers sing-along
-to the tune of “Frere Jacques”?
Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han
Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han
Sui, Tang, Song
Sui, Tang, Song
Yuan, Ming, Qing, Republic
Then comes Revolution
Mao Zedong, Mao Zedong

25. Empires that didn’t strike back!
Qing Dynasty of China
(1644 – 1911)
The end of a 4000 years of dynastic
cycles.
Ottoman Empire (1300 – 1918)
600 year old powerhouse fell.

26. Empires that didn’t strike back!
CHANGES
• Economy weakened
• Political Rebellions
• European pressure / takeover
• Social Class changes

27. CAUSES
In both Qing China & the Ottoman
Empire:
• the government resisted economic
change & attempted to maintain preindustrial forms of economic
production
• the leadership underestimated the
growing power of the European nations