Grossmont College Ottoman Empire & History of Middle East Discussion

This assignment will be given to me at 5 and has to be done prior to 6:20, These questions are sample questions and the actual questions should be similar to these, please only accept if you are available to work on it at 5 and be ready to turn in by 6:20. I will be providing the required materials right now, so you are well equipped to answer the questions that will be given to me.

Please answer all prompts in proper prose and full sentences of your own. Do not use bullets, abbreviations, contractions. Clearly indicate which question(s) you are addressing. You are not allowed to search the Internet or consult sources other than assigned materials, lectures, and discussions.

PART I (%50)

Address five out of the seven questions/identifications below in paragraphs. Provide the historical context, time frame, and significance.

A. Discuss one Ottoman military entanglement with Russia in the second half of the nineteenth century and its consequences.

B. “I have not come to you except for the purpose of restoring your rights from the hands of the oppressors and I more than the Mamluks, serve God and revere his prophet Muhammad.” (Comment and provide historical and textual context. Who is speaking to whom?)

C. Identify and discuss one railway project in the Ottoman Empire

D. First Ottoman constitutional period

E. Discuss one of Mehmet Ali’s military campaigns outside of Egypt and its results

F.

G.

PART II (%50) This is a 5 paragraph essay

CHOOSE A OR B

A. Identify and elaborate upon the main features of Sultan Abdulhamid’s rule (1876-1909) by highlighting differences from the era that preceded it in terms of diplomatic and economic relations with other powers, ideology, and administrative policy.

B.