The rise of the Ottoman Empire and that of the early Islam Empire

A significant portion of history

A significant portion of history is devoted to the rise of the Ottoman Empire and the early Islamic Empire, both of which were followed by notable events. The first Ottoman battles, between them and the Muslims, took place from 1453 to 1606. In the end, the two major Empires benefited from this conflict. The Empires Rising share a few parallels and differences. When the Ottoman Empire was conquered, its inhabitants’ culture and character had already changed from that of barbaric nomads to that of civilized people. The Arab Empire expanded in the seventh century due to two factions; the Cumans and Scythians were resistant to change to civilization and resolved to remain living their old lives despite the persuasion from their invaders. They were against the issue of civilization and their main agenda was to ensure that the significance of nomadism did not diminish. They believed that civilization and sedentary lifestyle was intended to wipe away the original life and promote politics which were thought to bring problems upon the society. By contrast, the Ottoman people got rid of their pastoralism lifestyle and chose to fully adopt civilization.

The process of civilization

The Arabs started the process of civilization gradually whereby some parts of their regions appears to be partially civilized. This occurred slowly by slowly until the time for the conquests which happened concurrently with the rising of the Islam position. However, the occurrence was a coincidence because Islam was not a trigger of civilization but politics. The thirst for money and economic development resulted in the people abandoning pastoralism and nomadism but instead involving themselves in technology and seeking new ideas on how to develop themselves. However, during the war, both the Ottoman Empire and the Islam Empire rose and became strong simply because their enemies lacked unity and hence became weak to fight them. For example, during the Ottodom war, the Muslim were their opponents and most of their beliefs were not considered by the Ottadom. This conflict mainly occurred at the period between the 29th of May 1453, and the 11th of November 1606, during the time of Constantinople capture and the time for the signing of the treaty between Zsitva and Torok respectively. The growth of the Islam Empire was triggered by the Muslim rules which emphasized on upholding of morals and advocated for zero killings. The Muslims were allowed to be only involved in a holy war which was also referred to as jihad. This war was not physical and was intended only to promote the growth of the faith of Islam. The religion allowed them to fight anyone who was against Israel.

Similarities and differences

The similarity between the risings of the two empires was that their growth was from the pressure of religious authorities who were so determined to experience positive changes. These wars were categorized as perpetual and imperial campaign whereby one was peacefully carried out to build on religion as the other one occurred at the borders and was full of resilience and was best described as a raid. The two empires form a continuous chain whereby one would not have happened if it were not for the other. The Ottoman Empire was distinct by its institutional characteristics whereby the new Islam Empire was characterized by religion acts. This was the root of the constant conflict relationship between the two.

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