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One of the reasons for the decline of the Ottoman Empire was that sultans spent precious labor and resources on grand projects like this, for example around the
by enraged_camel 2y ago
One of the reasons for the decline of the Ottoman Empire was that sultans spent precious labor and resources on grand projects like this, for example around the Arabian peninsula as well as the Sahara. This ended up contributing to the bankrupting of the empire, which required them to take heftier and heftier loans from Europe and Russia.
- vondur 2y agoThe Ottomans taking loans from the Russians, their traditional enemy, seems odd. I know they were reluctant allies when fighting Napoleon, but I've never heard of such a financial arrangement.
- mlinksva 2y agoI'd enjoy reading if you have any pointers to such projects. Not coming up with any from web search and asking a LLM. Closest might be the Hijaz Railway and maintaining a large military presence in desert regions.
- SapporoChris 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire#Decline_and_modernisation_(1828%E2%80%931908) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire#Decline_and_mod... "As the Ottoman state attempted to modernize its infrastructure and army in response to outside threats, it opened itself up to a different kind of threat: that of creditors." That's the closest thing I found related.