EMPIRE
Nation led by a ruler
Kingdom
Sovernighty
Monarchy
Reign
Military
Colony
A empire is a large area ruled by a sovergn ruler and a single government
Empires require large trading areas and company monopolies
Empires require diversity withen thier nation in order to succeed
Diversity of people within the empire
Mixture of direct and indirect rule
Ottoman Empire
the Ottomans ruled over a significant population
of Shiites and Sunnis (sometimes possessing radically unorthodox beliefs), as well as various groups of Christians
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Not solely ruled with power alone
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Very Diverse, many different cultures located withen the Empire
Social Heriarchy
By the mid-16th century, the Ottomans had created a strong, centralized, and cosmopolitan empire that incorporated some of Islam’s—and the world’s—greatest cities and resources, with footholds in Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Empire allowed the pratice of different cultures and relgions
Sultans at the top of social prymaid while farmers at the bottom
Fighters higher than merchants
The Ottoman empire was the first Muslim super-state of this period to rise and the last to fall, lasting in some form or another from the early 14th to the early 20th centuries.
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Tokugawa Shogunate was ducted through a social heriarchy
Farmers were higher up in the social pyramid than merchants and carpenters
Everything was dictated through rice, territories were based on rice production
Rice was a form of currency
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Shoguns has more power than emperors even though there are at the top of the prymaid
Warriors higher on the social prymaid than merchants and farmers
Qing Dynasty
Forced men to shave thie hair, or they would be killed. Used to show their power to the citizens
Issued the Secret Edict which was recitied evryday to the citizens inorder to maintain power
Used Fear to rule over thier people
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Governed with an absoulte imperial monarchy
Wanted citizens to show thier respects to those anyone who wokred in the government
Ahanti Empire
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The government was really organized and it was designed almost like the government and social hierarchy of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Strong Militray power
Promoted reproduction -- tolerant of kids -- generations were devoted to empire
Claimed Relgouis Power
They had a really good organization system for trading with different nations arounds the world.
Strong government
Social Heriarchy
They had a common enemy who was the Denkyira and it helped them unite the smaller states together.
Legitimized their rule using fear and threats
Governed similar to that if the Tokugawa Shogunate
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Ruled with absolute authority
Similar to Ashanti [Empire)
Diverse