Starting with Mehmed the Conqueror taking Istanbul‚ the Ottomans had made their conquests known. Even after Mehmed‚ every new Sultan came another territory taken. That cycle continued up until Suleiman the Magnificent‚ where he would seize all but Hungary‚ and come up short in the end. If there was any group that had a chance that preventing the rise of Europe it would have been the Ottomans‚ but compared to Europe’s previous endeavors it might have been too little‚ and hundreds
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Akbar the Great (in white) visits a shrine In 1582‚ King Philip II of Spain received a letter from the Mughal Emperor Akbar of India. Akbar wrote: "As most men are fettered by bonds of tradition‚ and by imitating ways followed by their fathers... everyone continues‚ without investigating their arguments and reasons‚ to follow the religion in which he was born and educated‚ thus excluding himself from the possibility of ascertaining the truth‚ which is the noblest aim of the human intellect. Therefore
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century‚ what new patterns of development are visible in the empire-building projects of the centuries that followed? Seeking the Main Point Question 1. In what ways did European empires in the Americas resemble their Russian‚ Chinese‚ Mughal‚ and Ottoman counterparts‚ and in what respects were they different? Do you find the similarities or the differences most striking? 2. What enabled Europeans to carve out huge empires an ocean away from their homelands? 3. What large-scale transformations
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Period 4 Global Interactions c. 1450 to c. 1750 Key Concept 4.1. Globalizing Networks of Communication and Exchange I. In the context of the new global circulation of goods‚ there was an intensification of all existing regional trade networks that brought prosperity and economic disruption to the merchants and governments in the trading regions of the Indian Ocean‚ Mediterranean‚ Sahara and overland Eurasia. II. European technological developments in cartography and navigation built on previous
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1. Commercial cities that served as meeting points between distant cultures are called: a. way stations. b. warehouses. c. entrepôts. d. shipping centers. e. nodes. 2. Cairo and Alexandria in Egypt: a. did not need to provide protection for merchants as most trade came by land rather than by sea. b. established a commercial law apart from religion so that all people could participate in trade. c. had Muslim and Jewish trading firms that worked as close partners in
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SNAPSHOTS: TEACHING COMPARE AND CONTRAST UNITS Snapshots are all taken directly from the Advanced Placement Course Description for world history. In general they approximate most nearly the “Compare and Contrast” essay. They can be converted to “Change and Continuity over Time” essays I. THE ANCIENT AND CLASSICAL WORLDS: TO 600 C.E. A. Compare and contrast Paleolithic and Neolithic cultures. B. Compare and contrast any two of these cultures: 1. The Neolithic
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Indian Ocean Trade around the first century CE. Established by multilingual‚ multiethnic seafarers. Between Indian Ocean and South China Sea. Didn’t play a part in the rise or fall of kingdoms. They are able to figure out the wind and monsoon patterns. Mediterranean sailors use square sails‚ long banks of oars‚ ships are nailed together. Indian Ocean sailors use triangular sails‚ no oars‚ and tied ships. Impact: Africa provides exotic animals‚ wood‚ and ivory. Somalia and Southern Arabia provide
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Robert W. Strayer Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources Second Edition Chapter 12 The Worlds of the Fifteenth Century Copyright © 2013 by Bedford/St. Martin’s I. The Shapes of Human Communities A. Paleolithic Persistence: Australia and North America 1. Gatherers and hunters have a history‚ too: While non-literate and non-urban‚ these societies did change over time; we just don’t have written records of it. 2. Manipulation of the environment and trade: In Australia‚ aboriginal
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established the Safavid dynasty in Persia — modern-day Iran — and made it Shiite."That dynasty came out of what’s now eastern Turkey‚" says Gause‚ the University of Vermont professor. "They were a Turkic dynasty‚ one of the leftovers of the Mongol invasions that had disrupted the Middle East for a couple of centuries. The Safavid dynasty made it its political project to convert Iran into a Shia country."Shiites gradually became the glue that held Persia together and distinguished it from the Ottoman Empire
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the 5th emperor of the Mughal Empire after Babur‚ Humayun‚ Akbar‚ and Jahangir. He reigned from 8th November 1627 to 2nd August 1658 (30 years‚ 267 days). Shah Jahan was the favorite of Akbar the great.He is also called Shahjahan the Magnificent. He is a descendant of Genghis Khan‚ Emperor of Mongol Empire and Tamerlane‚ Emperor Charlemagne‚ the King of the Franks‚ King of the Lombards and the Emperor of the Romans. Although Shah Jahan is best known for the creation of Mughals’ most magnificent creation
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