The Middle East Flashcards
1
Q
Suez Canal
A
1854 - 1869
- Connects Mediterranean Sea to Red Sea
- Shipping
2
Q
Ottoman Empire
A
- Most Powerful State in the world
- Dying very slowly
- Wanted a country between Europe
3
Q
Tanzimat Reforms
A
1839-1876
- Series of Gov. reforms
- Centralize and rationalize Ottoman Rule
- More revenues for Military
- Failed Wars
- Failed modernization
4
Q
Young Turks
A
1908
- Led revolutionary movement against Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II
- Group of college students
- Spread
- Rebellion spread though Turkey
- Restored the Ottoman Constitution of 1876