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Land Empires: Defining control after c.1450 (Centralizing Control in…
Land Empires: Defining control after c.1450
Centralizing Control in Ottoman Empire
Devshirme System
Christian boys were drafted by force and became subjects of the Empire, ages 8-20
To ensure control over a large area
A tribute owed to the Empire after conquered
Islamic law prohibited the enslavement of Muslim and Jews, so forcefully took Christian boys from the Balkans
Janissary
We’re taught various skills in politics, and art: very high level of education
Indoctrinated to be fiercely loyal to the Sultan
Served as scribes, tax collectors and diplomats
Elite force in the Otttoman Empire
Centralizing Control in East and South Asia
Consolidating power in Japan
Shoguns= Military leaders,
led Japan in name of Emperor
12-15th centuries
daimyos
Oda Nabugana: used muskets to take over Kyoto, Toyotomi Hideyosho: continued expanding Tokoguwu leyaso, declared shogun in 1603
[Conflict between land holding aristocrats called Daimyo’s left Japan in disarray)
Each daimyo had army of warriors - wanted to conquer more test
Samurai had salary- helped their economic growth
gunpowder weapons helped three major daimyo’s unite Japan
Consolidating power in the Mughal Empire
Zamindars,
Paid government officials
in charge of taxation and construction
Later given land grants, allowed to keep a portion of the taxes they collected from their lands
Akbar, most prominent of all Mughal Rulers
Established an efficient government and had a fairly administrated law system