Question

What effect did nationalism have on the Ottoman empire during the 1800

Answer 1

The ideas of nationalism spread from Western Europe to the Ottoman empire. The Ottoman empire consisted of a variety of ethnic, subjected peoples in Eastern Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. Nationalism encouraged internal revolts by these groups who were seeking to break away from the Ottoman empire. Nationalism weakened the multi-ethnic Ottoman empire when the Greeks, Bulgarians, Serbs, and Romanians gained their independence. Thus, the rise and spread of nationalism contributed to the decline and eventual fall of the Ottoman empire.