Ming Empire Vs Ottoman Empire
Short Paper #2 Many empires have come and gone. They rise to great power and then after they fall we can analyze the reasons for the decline of the empires. Yang Lian and Mehmed Pasha both wrote about the decline of their societies. The Ming Empire and society were impacted by invading forces and dealt with rebellion from within its own country as well and the Ottoman Empire encountered financial issues within itself. All of which were reasons and causes for the empire's declines and falls.
The Ming empire was faced with foreign forces invading a valued trade partner, "in the 1590's the Japanese invaded china's client state, Korea"(YL,129) Trade is essential for the success of an empire. Times only got harder for the people of China after experiencing poor harvests and tax increases. The lower class was the ones being impacted the most. " From the 1580s onward, however, emperors ignored or were distracted from dealing with these new challenges. They paid a price for their indifference: rebellion overwhelmed the government and …show more content…
They both wrote about the internal issues within the Empires. The people within an empire make up the empire. The people will only take so much oppression and injustice before they begin to rebel against the power that is ignoring their needs. Both the Ming and Ottoman empires were faced with defending themselves from foreign invasions. The way Yang Lian and Mehmed Pasha wrote about the empires was very different. Yang Lian writes about the decline of the Ming Empire, whereas Mehmed Pasha writes about the symptoms of the decline of the Ottoman Empire. Providing information as to why they were declining and how the job should have been done correctly. Similar to one another they see the decline and fall of the empires to be blamed on the flaws of humans. I personally would agree with each of their writings, in that ignorance and greed can cause be causes to bring down powerful
The Ming empire was faced with foreign forces invading a valued trade partner, "in the 1590's the Japanese invaded china's client state, Korea"(YL,129) Trade is essential for the success of an empire. Times only got harder for the people of China after experiencing poor harvests and tax increases. The lower class was the ones being impacted the most. " From the 1580s onward, however, emperors ignored or were distracted from dealing with these new challenges. They paid a price for their indifference: rebellion overwhelmed the government and …show more content…
They both wrote about the internal issues within the Empires. The people within an empire make up the empire. The people will only take so much oppression and injustice before they begin to rebel against the power that is ignoring their needs. Both the Ming and Ottoman empires were faced with defending themselves from foreign invasions. The way Yang Lian and Mehmed Pasha wrote about the empires was very different. Yang Lian writes about the decline of the Ming Empire, whereas Mehmed Pasha writes about the symptoms of the decline of the Ottoman Empire. Providing information as to why they were declining and how the job should have been done correctly. Similar to one another they see the decline and fall of the empires to be blamed on the flaws of humans. I personally would agree with each of their writings, in that ignorance and greed can cause be causes to bring down powerful