WI 18th century Ottoman collapse, effects on modern Islamic world?

If the Ottoman Empire were broken up in the 18th century, by the 21st century, Pan-Islamism would be

  • weaker than OTL

    Votes: 37 64.9%
  • stronger than OTL

    Votes: 9 15.8%
  • about as strong as OTL

    Votes: 11 19.3%

  • Total voters
    57

raharris1973

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@Socrates: By "Arabia" do you mean just the peninsula or all the Arabic speaking lands of southwestern Asia and northern Africa?
 
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Arabia, Mesopotamia, the Levant. In this time period, Egyptians didn't consider themselves Arabs and Maghrebis considered themselves Berbers.

Thanks, I would agree that Arabia and Mesopotamia are beyond the 18th century reach of European powers, but not the Levant. Once the British Raj matures by middle 19th century, Arabia and Mesopotamia can be endangered too.
 
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So, a question for the group, going back to the OP - how could this work out in the short-term for instance?

From a start in 1775, how long would a French campaign to vassalize or conquer Egypt and the Levant take? How expensive would such a campaign be? Especially in comparison to OTL's intervention in America.

How long would Austrian and Russian campaigns to drive the Ottomans out of the Balkans take?

Was Spain in this part of the 18th century capable of conquering Morocco and/or Algeria?

Could Naples, Piedmont, Venice or Tuscany make any headway against Tunis, or in the case of those facing the Adriatic - the Ionians, Albania, Epirus, Peloponnesos or Crete?
 
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