Europeans claim Muslim Lands How do Europeans try to expand their empires into Muslim lands?

Ottoman Empire Loses Power p What followed Suleyman I’s death? 2.What caused financial problems? 3.What did Selim III try to do and who resisted him? 4.What two areas broke ways from the Ottoman Empire?

Decline of Ottoman Empire Crimean War reveals weaknesses in Ottoman military Ottomans allow parts of Empire to break away Europeans want former Ottoman land for geopolitical reasons Persia -Russia & Britain compete for Sphere of Infl. in Persia -Persian rulers favor Britain, people upset, boycott Br. Tobacco & Revolutionaries change Govt Afghanistan Russia wants influence in Cent. Asia to counter British -British invade Afghanistan, fight Afghanis for 50yrs - British leave, Afghanis sign treaty w/ Russia

Suez Canal New Egyptian leader Isma’il creating big debts modernizing Egypt, incl a canal connecting the Mediterranean & Red Sea Egyptians turn to French to help build the canal French & Egyptians borrow from British banks, can’t pay debt British Government buys the debt & gains control of canal (1869), have sphere of influence in Egypt British see the canal as the “lifeline of the empire”