In modern times, the Qing Empire and the Ottoman Empire became the targets of coveted by the great powers. Moreover, Westerners called the Qing Empire the "sick husband of East Asia" and the Ottoman Empire the "sick husband of Near East". So, which one is stronger than the Qing Dynasty and the Ottoman Empire?
1. Difficult to compare topics
The Ottoman Empire was founded in 1299 AD. This year, China was in the early stage of the rule of the Yuan Dynasty and was destroyed in 1923. This year, China was in the Beiyang Republic period. The Ottoman Empire existed for more than six centuries. The Qing Dynasty, from the entry of Emperor Shunzhi to the abdication of Emperor Xuantong in , less than three centuries have passed since the entry of Emperor Shunzhi in , to the abdication of Emperor Xuantong in . Therefore, for the comparison between the Qing Empire and the Ottoman Empire, different dimensions and reference systems often have completely different results.
For example, if you compare the existence time, the Ottoman Empire will undoubtedly crush the Qing Empire. But if the Ottoman Empire is comparing with the Chinese Empire, then the Chinese Empire has to start from the Qin Shihuang era, and the Chinese Empire crushes the Ottoman Empire.
Therefore, different dimension comparisons will always show completely different results. However, even so, today, I still have to make it difficult to compare which is more powerful, the Qing Empire or the Ottoman Empire.
However, I personally think: the answers can be described with their own advantages.
2, peak area
Ottoman Empire is a great empire spanning Europe, Asia and Africa. I remember when I was in middle school, the textbook said that the area of the Ottoman Empire was larger than Arab Empire . However, I personally think this statement is wrong. Because the area at the peak of the Arab Empire was larger than that of the Ottoman Empire.
The Ottoman Empire spans three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa, and it sounds like a huge territory, but in fact, at the peak of the Ottoman Empire, its land area was only about 5.5 million square kilometers.
, and since the reign of Emperor Kangxi, the Qing Dynasty has been constantly fighting with Junggar Khanate and and accepting the land of the Junggar Khanate. At the peak of the Qing Dynasty's territory, the Qing Dynasty's territory area reached 13 million square kilometers away. The area is more than the two Ottoman Empires combined.
Therefore, compared with territory and area, the Qing Dynasty was better than the Ottoman Empire.
3. Local Administration
In terms of local administrative management, local chief executives often refused to implement imperial court instructions. In the final analysis, this is because the Ottoman Empire could not implement the local political management at the grassroots level, and it is also because the Ottoman Empire's local administrative level was weak.
As early as in China's Qin Dynasty , the Qin Dynasty emperor was committed to implementing the will of the court through relevant institutional designs to the grassroots level through local governments. Moreover, subsequent dynasties were trying to improve the local jurisdiction of the court and strive to complete the management of civil affairs through the household registration system. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the governor system pushed the imperial court's management of the grassroots to a peak.
Therefore, when the Ming and Qing empires were operating in a healthy manner, they could use administration to dispatch the country's strength. For example, the war against the Junggar Khanate during the Kangxi period is a model. But the Ottoman Empire couldn't do this. Therefore, in terms of local administrative management, the Qing Dynasty was stronger than the Ottoman Empire.
4, Military and Technology Level
The Ottoman Empire was an empire that started with military power. Moreover, the Ottoman Empire had a certain size of territory in , southeastern Europe, . Therefore, the Ottoman Empire was very clear about the trends in Europe. This means that no matter whether the Ottoman Empire wants to or not, it needs to upgrade military technology - including tactics and technology - simultaneously with Europe.
The Qing Dynasty dominated East Asia. Although during the Kangxi period, Tsarist Russia had penetrated into the Northeast Asia region. But Tsarist Russia has little influence in Asia. Therefore, the Qing Dynasty's tactics and even technology were unable to communicate with Europe at the first time. Therefore, in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, the military and technology of the Qing Dynasty were not as good as that of the Ottoman Empire.
