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By Michael Tadros THESIS: The English and Ottoman empires developed economically and politically generally the same through a a capitalistic economy and the rule of monarchies, however they did not develop the same religiously. The Ottomans were followers of Islam while the English believed in the Protestant church and types of Christianity. The time that these empires took place in was from about the 1450s to World War I for the Ottomans and to the present for the English Empire.

The Empire of England

The Government:
 * Started off as a monarchy ruled by [|King Henry VIII]1509-1547
 * He started the Church of England (Anglican Church)
 * Next major ruler: Queen Elizabeth I 1558-1603
 * Oversaw golden age in the arts in England, known as the Elizabethan Age
 * Also started the EIC (East India Company)
 * William and Mary, who ruled from 1688-1702, signed the English Bill of Rights which limited the rule of the monarchy and allowed the Parliament to have most of the control of England

The Economy
 * Capitalism is an economic system in which private parties make their goods and services available on a free market & seek to take advantage of market conditions to profit from their activities
 * Supply and Demand was introduced
 * Different joint stock companies came about including the EIC

The Religion
 * Protestantism was the main religion
 * Opposed by [|Martin Luther] who started Lutherism
 * The Anglican Church was started by King Henry VIII
 * Breakthroughs in science and philosophy

The Ottoman Empire

The Government
 * Rose to power in 1450 by taking over the [|Byzantine Empire]
 * Started off as a monarchy first led by Mehmed the Conqueror
 * He captured Constantinople and renamed it Istanbul
 * Next came Selim I
 * He made Istanbul the center of Islamic civilization
 * Next came Suleiman the Magnificent
 * Ottoman experienced golden age under Suleiman as he built up the military and encouraged the arts

The Economy
 * Also a capitalistic economy (see definition above highlighted in red)
 * Ottomans never expanded much outside of the realm once con tooled by the Byzantine Empire
 * Were able to circumvent their eastern neighbors and trade directly with India, China, and American colonies

The Religion
 * The Ottoman Empire was an Islamic empire
 * The empire was started by Osman Bey after the Byzantines fell
 * Enslaved children of Christian subjects and turned them to Janissaries (fighting warriors)