The Ottoman Empire arose when land trading routes between Asia and Europe were KIng... And they, like any rising power took advantage of new technologies of the day (the cannon)... Like an Interstate Highway bypassing a town, The Ottoman Empire centrality to trade route were reduced over time to the backwater (over 200 years)... And of course the Industrial Revolution of 1750 was a British notion which the Ottomans ignored to their further demise... Yet in 1686 they were the dominant East European Power... The Hapsbergs and the Tsars learned from their European rivals while Iran was warring with the Ottomans and after 1700 the Ottomans went into their long and prolong decline...
On Apr 14, 11:18 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > For a while the Ottoman Empire managed the Middle East but grew > corrupt and was a delicious morsel for Russia, Britain and France to > slice up. > > On Apr 14, 10:06 pm, plainolamerican <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > India matters > > --- > > to who? pirates? > > they're as screwed up as the ME > > > On Apr 14, 4:56 pm, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > and will matter more and more to US global interests... If Obama was > > > the brain many say he is, he SHOULD have understood that... Why > > > Obama should memo Obama "Pay attention to India dummy"... Piracy is > > > located in the Indian Ocean for GOOD reasons... > > > >http://www.tampabay.com/news/perspective/article990022.ece > > > > >>> Like a microcosm of the world at large, the greater Indian Ocean > > > >>> region is developing into an area of both ferociously guarded > > > >>> sovereignty and astonishing interdependence. And for the first time > > > >>> since the Portuguese onslaught in the region in the early 16th > > > >>> century, the West's power there is in decline, however subtly and > > > >>> relatively. The Indians and the Chinese will enter into a dynamic > > > >>> great-power rivalry in these waters, with their shared economic > > > >>> interests as major trading partners locking them in an uncomfortable > > > >>> embrace. The United States, meanwhile, will serve as a stabilizing > > > >>> power in this newly complex area. Indispensability, rather than > > > >>> dominance, must be its goal.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
