Analyze the SECOND-WAVE EXPLORATION + EAST INDIA COMPANIES — Dutch (VOC 1602), English (EIC 1600), French Atlantic (Cartier + Champlain) — and OTTOMAN imperial reach (Suleiman 1520-1566, 1529 + 1683 Sieges of Vienna, 1571 Lepanto)
Exercise
Difficulty 4
~12 min
hist.g7.s.ex_21
Claim Evidence Warrant
Prompt
Write a 200-word claim-evidence-warrant essay 'Why is the Ottoman decline thesis rejected by current scholars?' Cite Faroqhi 2004 + Finkel 2005 + Inalcık 1973.
How it's presented
mode
text
Answer criteria
type
rubric essay
rubric
- points
- 3
- criterion
- Refusal of Ottoman decline thesis
- points
- 3
- criterion
- 3 named scholars cited
- points
- 2
- criterion
- Specific 17-18th c. evidence
- points
- 2
- criterion
- Warrant connects to refusing Eurocentric historiography
Hints
- Ottomans rebuilt navy within 2 years after Lepanto 1571.
- 1683 Vienna was strategic limit, not collapse — Ottomans lasted to 1922.
Misconceptions to watch
- Treating Ottoman decline as inevitable post-Suleiman
- Ignoring 17-18th c. Ottoman adaptation
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