The Ottoman Empire reached the zenith of its power while it was under the sovereignty of Suleiman the Magnificent, making it one of the most powerful states in the world at that time. It used the traditional religious Sharia (Islamic Law), and Qanun, as its legal system. <span />
Movies were often used as political propaganda. For example, during world war 2, movies shown were either about the war or were actual scenes from the war using footage by people on the war fronts. This was done to improve morale and inspire people to join the effort. The movies would be about monstrosities by the enemies and about war heroes of the allies and the people would join the fight and want to help.
I think it’s Issue a Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves in the south
Both the Chinese and the Japanese felt that the Europeans were barbarians. They were particularly repelled by the smell of these foreigners who ate much fattier diets and who did not typically wash very often. They also felt the Europeans lacked subtlety and were rather crass in their behaviors.
The similarities, however, largely end there. The Chinese tried to simply ignore the Europeans. They were able to do this to some degree because the Europeans did not have anything they wanted. They were willing to take European silver in exchange for tea and otherwise leave the Europeans alone. This worked until around the time of the Opium Wars when the Europeans forced China to open itself more.
Nazis believed the driving force in history was race
