OTTOMANS MEDITERRANEAN

Ottomans in Mediterranean

Ottomans in Mediterranean

Introduction

As Ottoman direct, in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, amplified to encompass added Armenian hubs, the last cited were identified as autonomous entities, not reliant on the Patriarchate of Constantinople. Thus, the Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul was primarily only one of some Armenian ecclesiastical leaders. In time, although, the increasing significance of the Armenian community of the capital, its proximity to the centered Ottoman government and its undertakings as an intermediary between the Ottoman government and the outlying Armenian communities--all increased the place of the Patriarch of Constantinople.

 

Analysis

Throughout the 16th 100 years, from Budapest and Vienna in the west to Tabriz and Isfahan in the east, the political position counts mostly on which of Turkey's friends is best opposing the expansionist tendencies of the Ottoman empire. If the Turks are battling the Persians, the Balkans may be somewhat quiet; if the sultan's janissaries are committed contrary to the Hungarians and their partners, Persia has a respite. Later a to the north close by, Russia, becomes another component in this unchanging jostling for space (Molly Greenel, 2010).By 1517 he has accomplished a resounding triumph, conveying Syria, Palestine, Arabia and Egypt under Ottoman control (Molly Greenel, 2010).

In 1534-5 Suleiman turns east to enlist in a fast crusade, dislodging the Persians from much of Mesopotamia and apprehending the town of Baghdad. In 1541-3 he is back battling in the west. He takes the very vintage fortress and village of Buda, producing it the capital of an Ottoman province in centered Hungary which will last for more than a century (Molly Greenel, 2010).

Turkish crusades subsequent in the 16th 100 years lead to considerable calm treaties on both frontiers. From 1578 Ottoman detachments press so far east into Persian territory that they come to the Caspian. In 1590 ...