CarolineMoon-+Why+did+the+Muslim+world+not+come+to+dominate+world+affairs+during+this+time+period?


 * || ==== Paragraph Writing: Using TEEEL Structure ==== ||
 * ==== Topic Sentence ==== || ==== **While the Muslim empires of the 14th-16th centuries had significant impacts on the world, they never came to dominate as Europe will because the disadvantage of the large territory of the empires, the emperors' selfish motives, and the lack of awareness for the European progress.** ==== ||
 * ==== Elaboration ==== || ====From the 14th-16th century, the expense of the empires stretched from Europe in the north, northern African in the south, and as far as India in the east.==== ||
 * ==== Examples/Evidence ==== || ====The territory stretched from Europe, northern Africa, to Asia. Islamic emperor's killed their own sons, fearing that the sons would overthrow their rule. The European Renaissance in Italy influenced by Islamic achievements.==== ||
 * ==== Explanation/analysis ==== || ====As the country was spread over an extremely large piece of land, across three continents: Europe, Africa, and Asia, the Ottoman Empire could not focus on its political foundations the vast land consumed the government's attention. Suleiman acted upon his selfish motives when he killed his ablest sons, rather than raising them up and preparing them to be his successor. He feared only for his authority, which eventually led to the downfall of Islamic Empires. With their vast territories, the Islamic Empire failed to recognize their competitors and their achievements. Europe, though less developed then it's Islamic counterpart, was absorbing and internalizing the Islamic achievements including sciences focused on its territorial expansion and succession issues Islamic empires failed to see the slow, yet steady progress which led Europe to experience and develop from its Renaissance.==== ||
 * ==== Link Sentence ==== || ==== These issues led to the downfall of Islamic nations, distancing them from dominating the world. ==== ||