What were the causes of decline in the economies of the Persian and Ottoman empires?
What will be an ideal response?
A. Decline in Mughal, Persian, and Ottoman empires
1. static population held back the Persians and Ottomans
2. Safavid Empire in Persia
a. internal strife and rebellions sent it into decline
b. state institutions rotted away
c. navy declined
3. Ottoman Empire
a. encountered crippling difficulties
b. efficiency of the state declined, as hereditary officeholders
gradually took over the administration
c. sultans had to rely increasingly on the Muslim clergy to keep the
administration going but they were hard to manage
d. trade revenues fell
e. balance of power between the empire and its neighbors shifted
f. empire's control of other outlying areas weakened
g. loss of prestige
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a. Massachusetts b. New York and New Jersey c. Georgia d. Virginia and Maryland e. North and South Carolina
In what way was "King Cotton" still the king after the war?
What will be an ideal response?
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