What historical factors played the greatest role in defining the Arab society and culture since the eighteenth century?

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Presentation

Pages :

6 pages

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.doc

Published date :

01/15/2009

Category :

History & geography

Sub category :

Modern history

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Summary :

Introduction.
Ottoman Empire: Decline and end.
1. The Ottoman Empire.
2. Its failure to adapt its economy and especially its industry to the European economy.
3. Different interpretations of Islam.
The Arab population under European colonialism.
1. The nineteenth century.
2. The word colonialism.
3. The first major conquest of an Arab country.
4. 'The Sick European Man'.
The rise of nationalism and the fight for independence.
1. The growth of nationalism in the Arab countries.
2. The Second World War.
3. The Palestinian question.
Conclusion.
Works cited.

Abstract

From the seventh to the eighteenth century, the arab World has formed a large area regrouping a Muslim population, sharing a common religion and culture. In different parts of the Islamic World, Islam was the bound between the Umma. since the fourteenth century, the main part of the arab world had been under the Ottoman domination. The eighteenth century is a turning point in the history of that world. Hourani calls that period "the changing balance of power in the eighteenth century". The arab World, which had been in expansion from the seventh to the seventeenth century, was not anymore the powerful region it used to be. This century is also the one of the changing of dominant power. The Ottoman domination gave way to the European one. Among European countries, most shared the idea that the strength of a nation was enhanced by the conquest of new territories. The arab world became a zone of competition between the European powers, which had a lot of influence on the arab society. The History of the arab World is inextricably linked to the domination of a great power, first Ottoman and then European.