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Unit 3: Land-Based Empires 1450-1750 (Early Modern Era) - Coggle Diagram
Unit 3: Land-Based Empires 1450-1750 (Early Modern Era)
Gunpowder empires
Islamic Empires in Middle East / Central Asia
Ottoman
Sunni Muslim
Control Silk Roads
Conqer Constantinoble, renamed Istanbul
Called Ottoman Turks, now just Turkey lol
Safavid
Shia Muslims
Mughal
Ottoman & Safavid religion-based conflict on boarder
Chinese Dynasties
Ming: 1368-1644
Overthrow Mongols
Want to reclaim Chinese Culture
Zheng He: Chinese Explorer
7 Voyages on massive Treasure Ships
Purpose was to "test out" trade
Isolationist (post Zheng He)
preserve culture by limiting trade
Expanded upon Great Wall
Qing: 1644-1911
Conquer Ming
Conquerers were not native Chinese, Manchu
Manchu made themselves elite