1. Ottoman Empire to WWI

2. Ottoman Empire

3. How long did it last? How big did it get? When was it the biggest? 1299-1923 At the height of the empire, it spanned 3 continents. (Southeastern Europe, Western Asia, North Africa) Height of empire was 1450- 1650

4. Decline of the Ottoman Empire Why did the empire lose power? The Ottoman Empire allied itself with the Central Powers during WWI. When the Central Powers lost the war, the Allies divided up the Ottoman territory. Divide into new nations

5. WWI What happened during World War I? Military conflict in Europe between 1914 – 1918. U.S. entered war in 1917 Over 9 million people died, largely due to technological advances in war 2 nd deadliest conflict in history

6. WWI Alliances Who were the Allied Powers? *Won the war Who were the Central Powers? *Lost the war France, Britain, Russia, Italy, United States, Japan, Belgium, Serbia, Brazil, Portugal Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria

8. Causes of WWI What caused the world to go to war? Militarism: the desire to have larger militaries. Alliances Imperialism: the desire to grow your empire (each of the major countries had colonies) Nationalism: pride in your nation Ethnic conflicts

9. Partitioning of Middle East How did the empire get divided up? French: took control of Syria, with Christian coastal area splitting off to become Lebanon British: Iraq and Palestine. Palestine split in half, Transjordan and British controlled Palestine. Saudi Arabia created as an ally of Britain.