Encounters 1450-1750 European Maritime Empires Russian Empire Qing/Manchu Empire Mughal Empire Ottoman Empire
Jun 23, 2015
Empires & Encounters1450-1750
European Maritime Empires
Russian Empire
Qing/Manchu Empire
Mughal Empire
Ottoman Empire
Comparative Essay Thurs 1-16• Analyze the similarities and differences in
how two empires conquered and controlled their empires.
• Analyze the similarities and differences in the results of two empires.
THE LAND EMPIRES of EURASIA
Russian Empire Qing / Manchu Empire Ottoman Empire Mughal Empire
Russian Empire
QING / MANCHU DYNASTY
Qing/Manchu Dynasty of China
Ottoman & Mughal Empires
EUROPEAN MARITIME EMPIRES
Spanish Empire Portuguese Empire British Empire French Empire Dutch Empire
Spanish Empire 1600s
Portuguese Empire 1600s
Sugar Colonies
Settler Colonies
One RESULT of European Maritime Empires being built…The Columbian Exchange – the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and Afro-Eurasia
Comparative Essay Thurs 1-16• Analyze the similarities and differences in
how two empires conquered and controlled their empires.
• Analyze the similarities and differences in the results of two empires.
SIMILARITIES in these empires
1450-1750
As these empires were built:• The rulers worked to control ethnic &
religious groups in ways that utilized their economic contributions while limiting their ability to challenge the authority of the government
• Mughal treatment of Hindu subjects• Chinese treatment of SE Asian merchants• European promotion of the African slave trade
• Governments of these empires used bureaucrats and professional military to maintain centralized control over people & resources – (and limit the power of the other nobles).
• Ottoman devshirme system & janissaries• Chinese scholar officials• European use of merchants or priests as
bureaucrats.