9.3 European Claims in Muslim Regions

10.4.2. Discuss the locations of the colonial rule of such nations as England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Portugal, and the United States.10.5.5 Discuss human rights violations and genocide, including the Ottoman government’s actions against Armenian citizens

Objective and Focus Question

How did European nations extend their power into Muslim regions of the world?

I. Stresses in Muslim Regions

By the 1700s, all of the Muslim empires in decline. Ottomans in

Middle East Safavids in Iran Mughals in India

Corruption were wide-spread.

II. Rise of Muslim Reform Movements

In northern Africa, Usman dan Fodio led the struggle to reform Muslim practices

In the Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declared himself the Mahdi, a religious savior

In Arabia, the Wahhabi wanted to recapture purity and simplicity of Islam’s original teachings

III. Problems for the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire Economic problems corruption

Ethnic revolts.

IV. European Pressure Increases As the Ottoman

Empire crumbled, Russia seized the Dardanelles in order to gain access to the Mediterranean Sea.

Britain tried to stop Russia

Question Check

1. As the Ottoman empire crumbled, Russia plotted to seize the Bosporus and Dardanelles in order to a. build a Berlin-to-Baghdad railway. b. gain access to the Mediterranean Sea. c. build a canal through Egypt. d. gain control of the Red Sea.

Answer

b. gain access to the Mediterranean Sea.

V. Ottoman Efforts to Westernize

1. Young men were sent to the West to study, they Western political ideas about democracy and equality.

2. The reforms brought improved medical care and revitalized farming

3. Several of the sultans, or rulers, of the Ottoman Turkish Empire rejected the reforms because they threatened their power.

VI. Young Turks Demand Reform

1. In 1908, the Young Turks overthrew the sultan but were unable to achieve their reforms because of WWI in 1914.

VII. Armenian Genocide

The Muslim Turks accused Christian Armenians of supporting the Russian plans against the Ottoman empire.

3. Over 25 years, between 600,000 and 1.5 million Armenians were killed

VIII. Egypt Seeks to Modernize

A. Muhammad Ali Introduces Reforms He is sometimes called the

“father of modern Egypt” 2. He made economic and

farming reforms 3. Ali built a well-trained,

modern army.

IX. Building the Suez Canal

Ali successors were not as successful

Loans were taken out by Ali successors to build the Suez Canal.

They were unable to pay back the loans and Britain eventually gained control of the canal.

Egypt Became a British Protectorate

IV. Persia and the European Powers

Persia (Iran) faced several challenges in the 1800s. It was an absolute

monarch Russian and Britain

took over their oil fields

Persian nationalists were outraged and wanted them to leave

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