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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


  1. 01:16 What are some of the ways governments get their citizens to abide by their rules?
  2. 02:24 Who was Suleiman?
  3. 03:34 What states rose to power after the Mongol Empire fractured and what do historians often call these states?
  4. 04:35 How did these land-based (gunpowder) empires compete with each other from 1450 to 1750?
  5. 06:45 How did these land-based empires maintain control of their territory and subjects?
  6. 08:52 What was the millet system and why was it used in the Ottoman Empire?
  7. 09:38 What was the devshirme and why was it used in the Ottoman Empire?