The Ottoman Empire


When the system strained for the Ottoman Empire during 1579-1639, the Ottoman Empire were going through lots of wars that strained the resources of the state while bringing limited material rewards. This is really interesting because they controlled turkey and a lot of the middle east and its really hard to control the middle east because a lot of trade goes through those countries and war would be a realistic thing to keep the empire in order at this time period.

The Ottoman Economy was very ahead of its time, the economy was controlled by the state. Economic activity increased the power and wealth of the state, which acted to distribute benefits to all. This sounds like it had a very sharing economy and everyone was equal under god and everyone deserved the same amount. And by having a good economy they wanted to expand and get imperial prosperity by military conquest.