... resided in Istanbul and collected taxes which were handed over to the state. This allowed practitioners to follow the religion of their choice, and the Ottoman ruling class to keep an eye on their affairs. Though the millet system differed from region to region, all operations were overseen by the Sultan. Amidst all of this expansion, continued centralization and an increasingly more open ... under Ottoman influence. Even after Ali's departure from power, western influence was not a fleeting thing in the Middle East. The western idea of peoples with common histories and cultures forming...

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... This is also related to globalization and westernization. Globalization is the name for the process of increasing the connectivity and interdependence of the world's markets and businesses . The biggest influence that was made on Iraq was from the Western world. This influence came first in the form of transportation and the switch to cash crop production for export. As this was ... developing society and market lead to imperialism. This is the highest stage of capitalism. Imperialism is characterized by monopoly corporations and the compulsion to export capital abroad for higher profit...

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