The Ottoman Empire
For many years, more so during our fore fathers, when the administration and governance was not as advanced compared to our current times, there used to exist territorial boundaries which had an in charge of it. This kind of governance can be considered of utmost importance for what we are having now is an improvement of what our fore fathers used to practice. One of such governance was found in the Ottoman Empire, an ancient tribe in turkey. This paper thus seeks to analyze this empire and how it came to be.
The Ottoman Empire can be traced back to their origins in the lands of ancient Turkey as a tribe. The Ottoman Empire was named after Osman who set out to expand its territorial boundaries in the Asian land. The tribe of the ottomans was a shamanistic religion and when they came into contact and interacted with the natives of various regions, they began practicing Islam and the remaining neighboring countries were inclined towards Christianity. The current nation of turkey is the former Ottoman Empire. It was under the leadership of suleyman I. The leadership employed all sorts of schemes and machinations in their own style in conquering other territories and vend off any attacks from their adversaries or enemies. The tactics that were used were of advanced level and that is how the Ottoman Empire was able to conquer parts of Europe for instance the South Eastern part (Kinross, 2003).
The South Eastern part of Europe was dominated by the Ottoman Empire and reign in the sixteenth and seventeenth century. The Ottoman Empire was more active and participated in the day to day activities in the South Eastern part of Europe. The empire was more organized and had advanced warfare techniques and equipment unlike the neighboring nations. In the long run by applying the various warfare techniques the Ottoman Empire was able to advance their territory and entrench their style of leadership in the area. The different techniques, their leadership styles and administration have been discussed in detail in this work (Ibid).
The dominance of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th and 17th centuries was more characterized by their presence and rule in the parts of South East Europe and Aegean this was the height of the rule by the ottomans in the land. In this period, the ottomans had tried and conquered more resistance and established more territories both on land and sea. By achieving more control of the sea and land, the ottomans were more advantaged or privileged in the establishment. The empire was in race for the control of major trading routes that opened up the Far East and the more lucrative spice trade. It was in competition with the emerging powers in the European colonial powers at that time.
The empire under Suleyman I, reached its high between the years of 1520 and 1566. It was under the leadership of Suleyman I that the legal system which governed the issue of land tenure earned him the title of lawgiver. Suleyman I was also the patron of the ancient art in the Ottoman Empire ( Steve, 2003).
In the 16th and 17th centuries, the Ottoman Empire ruled over Hungary, Greece, Bosnia, Serbia and Bulgaria. The struggle between the turkey and Venice in Greece led to the capture or seizure of Crete and continued being the threat to the remaining countries in the central Europe. The Ottoman Empire was making advances in the interior of the south east Europe with much ease. Their military prowess enabled them to conquer and overcome any resistances from their neighbors with ease. The military might did not go down well with the other powers in the European league. They feared for the existence if their rule in the land was to be cut short by the advancing Ottomans. This fear led to the Europeans mounting crusades and campaigns against the ottomans to no effect for they continued to conquer the land and new territories.
The Turks or the ottomans were able to learn the new skills and techniques of warfare from their Muslim brothers called the gazi warriors. Together they were able to gain more land and control more territories which was for their own good and gain. They were able to resist the crusades that were being mounted by the Christians in protest of the advancing and expansion of the Ottoman Empire. They had a common believe that the Christians were the infidels and were supposed to be converted and eliminated from the region. This made them to fight with courage and handed them the desired goal of emerging victorious in the wars. They acquired land and other valuables that enabled them to have the required wealth to supplement and support their war activities across the land. (History world)
