How did Ottoman Empire start ?
One night while Osman Gazi was staying over at Seyh Edebali's dergah whom was his mentor, he had seen a dream.A light coming from Seyh Edebali's chest was going into his own chest and a tree was raising from his there.The tree's branches was covering the whole world,people was walking under them,rivers were running..In the morning he asked the seyh about this dream.And the seyh told him that he's going to be a Bey and there will be lots of sultans from his sons,that they will gather a lot of countries between the same borders. The dream came true and the empire Osman Gazi founded, lasted more than 600 years.
What role did the Christians hav during the fall of Rome?
Very little, by the time, Rome had fallen Constantine had already made Christianity the religion of choice within the Roman empire. It is speculated that the Christian belief in pacifism affected the Empire is ability to crush its enemies without remorse. I dealt with it, that is actually the case, and historians have now reached the conclusion that lead poisoning may have had more of an influence than any social dynamics.
When history says Lebanon was destroyed and rebuilt 7 times?
Well.... In blood I am Lebanese and my great ansestors were the mamlukes, who were the rulers of Lebanon for many hundreds of years but Lebanon was around way before that, around the time of King Solomon. Lebanon was destroyed once by a tsunami, then rebuilt by the phoenicians and the other 6 times it was invaded and had many wars in which various armies tried to invade. The mamlukes came from Russia down to Lebanon and after a period of time the crusaders nearly took over the middle-east including Lebanon until the mamlukes came and drove them out with Saladin. If it wasn't for that, the Middle-East could well have been under English rule till today! Anyway, the crusaders stopped for a bit as the massive legions of Mongols were coming and the Crusaders made a deal with them. The Mongols were so powerful at that time that most people thought all the people in Lebanon and the Middle-East had no hope at all. To make matters worse many people had already fled to Egypt because of fear and hopelessness. Surprisingly the massively outnumbered mamluke army went in with no fear and actualy beat the Mongol army and converted many of them to Islam afterwards. I think that these 2 invasions of mongols and crusaders really did a lot of damage ot Lebanon so I think that these could have counted. I also think that the civil war in the 1970s and 1980s could have contributed and the war that Israel had comitted on Lebanon ( in which the whole airport got demolished and many areas were destroyed because an external party in Lebanon that had nothing at all to do with the actual Lebanese government stole 2 soldiers. Many people died, however everything got quickly rebuilt and Beruit quickly became the 2nd best voted city to visit in the world of 2008) could have counted as well. Thanks, The Count
Why are Turkish and Azeri people “white”?
No, Turkish people aren't white.They could pass as European but “white” and “European” aren't exactly synonymous. Usually, “white” is more commonly used in America. Usually refers to a pale person of European descent. Being “white” isn't just based on skintone otherwise, why aren't northern Chinese or some Koreans considered “white”? I've seen a good amount paler than white people. So “white” is specific in that you have to be of European descentBut when you look at other European like southern Spaniards, southern Italians, southern Greeks etc they tend to be a little more tan and aren't normally considered “white” they're normally considered “Mediterranean”.Turkish people aren't necessarily Arab but you have to realize the concept of the 3–4 main races. Caucasoid is where Europeans, Arabs, south Asian(Indian), Iranian, Turkish etc etc are genetically within this group. Usually the main difference between the ethnicitis within this group is skin tone, hair color and/or eye color. Plus, realize certain areas may have a mix of Mongol or black which can make the people look a bit different. I believe countries that end with “-stan” including India and even part of Russia they'll have a bit of Mongol blood making their cheekbones a little wider compared to further west like Norway or something. So there are some differences depending on the area but overall, more alike than differentIt's really just a mixture which is why it's considered Eurasian. Turks can be European, usually if they actually have European descent which isn't uncommon since turkey is so close to EuropeBut normally are Asian or just “Eurasian”
What was Lebanon like in the 1500s?
Before the 1450 if i'm not mistaken,most of the Arab countries were under the mongol rules,except for Lebanon and Syria,who,with the help of the Mamluks(Egyptians) remained independent from the mongol rule. Than came the ottomans(turks). Lebanon didn't pick sides and waited to see who was winning.When the Turks prevailed,the lebanese prince congratulated the ottoman emperor who was moved by the eloquence of the prince,and decided to give lebanon an autonomy.However, it is said the reason was that mountainuous Lebanon would be hard to control if Lebanese do not want to be assimilated into the empire. Back then,Lebanon was much smaller,it consisted only of Mount Lebanon,and the population was predominantly Christian with an important part of the population being Druze(Druze are not Muslims,they have a weird,complicated,complex interesting religion). But the Lebanese princes,fought many battles with the rulers of the neighboring regions (appointed by the turks) and they managed to expand the lands under their control(with the permission of the ottomans).In fact,the Turks were impressed how the small army of Lebanon could win over bigger armies.For example,their was battles of 6k lebanese against 12k Syrians and Lebanon won. The credit goes to the modernization the princes were trying to achieve with the collaboration of Macedonia who we had great relations with(but that did not please the ottomans). What did men and women like to do for fun?Probably hunting,partying(in a conservative way,people were very religious much more than in Europe) dunno really,it is not something you would find in history books,i'll have to ask my grandpa:P Did women have a lot of rights, if not or if so, what rights did they have? I think it was the same everywhere,even in Europe women didn't have rights.However,in Lebanon,women did participate in the economy,since it was a small country.I'm not sure if they had the right to vote when the princes introduced voting in the 1800's,i don't think so. Was anybody a Christian like England in the 1500s?(I know a lot of Arabs were and are Muslim) Answered above.However,christians were not persecuted under the Muslims Arab rule,but they were under the Ottoman rule. What were the age requirements of moving out, marriage and such?People used to get married very young,but i think the legal age was 21.
What race are Turkish people?
Turks/Azeris are indeed Caucasian people.Oh, I know some people may start commenting that no Turks are not Europeans. Turks are from Central Asia. They are nomads and etc.First of all I've never said that Turks are European. I said they are Caucasian. And guess what Caucauses is not Europe. This is Caucuses:What are the countries?Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russia and Turkey. Yep! Just in case you didn't know.Second of all Turkic people of Central Asia are Uzbeks, Turkmens and Kazakh people. But Azeris/Turks are not Central Asian.I'm an Azeri Turk person myself.We are Caucasian and we clearly look Caucasian:She is 100% Turkish.He is 100% Turkish.She is 100% Turkish.He is 100% Turkish.She is 100% Turkish.He is 100% Turkish.She is 100% Turkish.Do we look Central Asian too?I hope not. If they do than you either need to learn geography or maybe change your glasses!Peace!
Do any of the Arabs hold resentment against Turkey for the Ottoman Empire?
Well, of course, there are some. I mean you have 400 million arabs. The religious minorities in many cases didn’t like the Ottoman Empire. Since the majority of Iraqis are Shiites, many of those don’t like the memory of the Ottoman Empire. Lebanon has lots religious diversity. If you add the Christians, Shiites, and Alawites, I would say they didn’t care for the Ottoman Empire. The same is somewhat true for the religious minorities in Syria. You were more likely to like the Ottomans if you were Sunni. There are mixed feelings about the empire since it was backward for a good 2 1/2 centuries before it fell and some Arabs blame the Ottoman Empire somewhat for the backwardness they had during that time. Of course, Arabs were already backward prior to being conquered. However, conservative Arabs or Arabs who talk politics at cafes are similar to Turkey’s conservatives and leadership - someone else is to blame for their problems, never themselves. I would say probably some of the Arabs of Arabia weren’t necessarily fans of the Ottomans. And this is very true also in Yemen, where the Ottomans fought a bitter war to take over and many Arabs didn’t want their sons to go their to die fighting. No, Arabs don’t universally love the memory of the Ottoman Empire, though the empire has its many fans.