Unit 3 Overview: Land-Based Empires
Unit 3 Overview: Land-Based Empires
Large land-based empires covered much of Afro-Eurasia from 1450 to 1750. How did these empires manage to expand and maintain control over such large areas?
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?