Sick+Man+of+Europe

The Sick Man of Europe
 * “Sick Man of Europe”: term usually given to an empire that is nearing the end of its power (major economic difficulty)
 * First ascribed to the Ottoman Empire in mid-end 19th century
 * “ a European country experiencing a time of economic difficulty and/or impoverishment.”
 * Was sick and the final crumbling of this metaphorical cookie could result in a power vacuum
 * Has been used to describe other European countries since
 * Ottoman empire had slowly been losing territory (growth of nationalism)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Balkans Area
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">connected to Russian pan-Slavism
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">feeling that Russia had to protect other Slavic nations
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TONS of minorities wanted to have their own state
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: square; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">this nationalistic view caused many little rifts
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1890s, northern Bulgaria becomes autonomous
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Northern Africa
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ottoman authority had lost control over their territory their
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Middle East
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">many leaders didn’t respond to authority anymore
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">didn’t have European industry, European style armies or European education
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">big disadvantage
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">increasingly falling under the economic control of other, more prominent, European powers
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">secularism - this wasn’t a part of their empire