Ethnicity Respected

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The paper describes how the treatment of ethnic cultures in the Ottoman Empire and Colonial Latin America varied greatly. In the Ottoman Empire, the rulers appeared to embrace ethnicity as a form of strength through diversity. Yet in Colonial Latin America, the rulers consistently set about separating the people by their ethnic backgrounds, creating a hierarchy in the social order and slavery that supported those in power. Within the Ottoman Empire the ethnic background of the people was diverse. The rulers of the empire, however, did not place emphasis on an individual's ethnic identity, nor did the empire attempt to infringe upon the religious beliefs of its citizens. The sultan believed that the society would be a wealthier place because of the coexistence of many ethnic cultures and the acceptance of each of these cultures among all of the people.

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