Ottoman was fabulously wealthy in this time period. They have no motivation whatsoever to take a risk of sailing on the open ocean with no sight of land for month seeking something they already have plenty of. They dominated the spice trade route, which the Europeans highly sought after. In fact, it was the quest for spice that drove them to sailed across the Atlantic, originally seeking Westward route to the spice islands.
The primary reasons were geographical, geopolitical, and economic. Major Muslim empires of the 16th to 18th centuries (the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals) were heavily focused on continental expansion and existing Afro-Eurasian trade networks. They lacked Atlantic-facing coastal regions and naval technologies needed for transoceanic colonization.
Tenía cierta expectativa de que el prota tomara el protagonismo para construirse un buen futuro,creo que dieron muchas vueltas con el amor pero bueno no negaré que es excelente historia y con buena animación.
"El joven se equivocará cien veces para aprender; el adulto pensará cien veces antes de actuar una sola"
An important factor to consider was that, even after Columbus' discovery, profits did not start coming into Spain for about 27 years. It wasn't until 1519, when Cortes conquered Mexico, that the Spanish colonies became a goldmine. Other European powers didn't attempt their own American colonies until the 2nd half of the 16th Century... and by then, the Spanish & Portuguese were already well-dug-in.
Short ans: too far, too expensive and too risky. The Moroccans were the only ones who had the had the geographic position to make it possible, but lacked the resources to compete with their Iberian neighbors.
The first war of the US outside of america was against muslim pirates from north africa who enslaved christian merchants and civilians in the mediterranean sea
Damm dude !! You are cooking us recently .. so many videos in 3 weeks and then a post few hours ago ( or days ) about that topic and then we got the video !! Keep going on .
It's a much more relevant question to ask why the Chinese didn't colonize the Americas than the Muslims. Also there were at least six Muslim sultanates in the Indonesia/Malaysia region, but none of them were large enough to fund any expeditions to the Pacific.
so basically they had everything and were happy with their conquest based land empires. Even if we look at Islamic Mughal empire, its GDP in 1700s was larger than the entire european continent and Qing dynasty which was 4 times larger than it.
The Muslim countries were too focused on land based conflicts to focus on the west. Ottomans had to deal with the Austrians and the HRE. And the Safavids to the east. Also even if they tried Britain France and Spain had a way easier time supporting their colonies partly due to their proximity. An ottoman colony would never have lasted when a full blown war broke up between the European powers
Curiously, Al-Andalus would have been the only Muslim state with a strong chance of conquering the Americas, sharing the same conditions as Spain and Portugal. During the Caliphate of Córdoba, an interest in expansion—particularly toward North Africa—was evident, along with the ideal of opposing Christian dominance.
Their maritime interests were well known, involving cities such as Seville, Almería, and Cartagena. However, the Reconquista extinguished this possibility and forged a higher ideal: that of spreading the faith. The capture of Constantinople was celebrated with great fanfare, yet they failed to see that their future was dying in the far west with the fall of Granada.
My simple answer: the Iberians were looking for routes to Asia to bypass the Muslims, and ran into the Americas by accident. The Muslims had no need to find an alternate route to Asia.
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"El joven se equivocará cien veces para aprender; el adulto pensará cien veces antes de actuar una sola"
Their maritime interests were well known, involving cities such as Seville, Almería, and Cartagena. However, the Reconquista extinguished this possibility and forged a higher ideal: that of spreading the faith. The capture of Constantinople was celebrated with great fanfare, yet they failed to see that their future was dying in the far west with the fall of Granada.