Unit 3 Overview: Land-Based Empires (9:59)
Key Ideas
As this video progresses, key ideas will be introduced to invoke discussion.
Key Ideas
Think about the following questions as you watch the video
- 01:16 What are some of the ways governments get their citizens to abide by their rules?
- 02:24 Who was Suleiman?
- 03:34 What states rose to power after the Mongol Empire fractured and what do historians often call these states?
- 04:35 How did these land-based (gunpowder) empires compete with each other from 1450 to 1750?
- 06:45 How did these land-based empires maintain control of their territory and subjects?
- 08:52 What was the millet system and why was it used in the Ottoman Empire?
- 09:38 What was the devshirme and why was it used in the Ottoman Empire?