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Session Length
~17 min
Adaptive Checks
15 questions
Transfer Probes
8
From 1450 to 1750, powerful land-based empires dominated Eurasia. The Ottoman Empire controlled southeastern Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, using gunpowder weapons and the devshirme system. The Safavid Empire established Shia Islam as the state religion of Persia.
The Mughal Empire unified much of South Asia under rulers who balanced Hindu and Muslim populations. The Ming dynasty restored Chinese rule after Mongol domination, building the Forbidden City and launching Zheng He voyages before turning inward. The Qing dynasty, founded by Manchu conquerors, expanded China to its largest territorial extent.
The Russian Empire expanded eastward across Siberia. These empires consolidated power through military innovation, bureaucratic administration, religious legitimacy, and monumental architecture.
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Ottoman practice of recruiting Christian boys from the Balkans, converting them to Islam, and training them as elite Janissary soldiers or administrators.
Example: Janissaries became the core of Ottoman military power and were fiercely loyal to the sultan.
Term for the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires whose military power was built on the effective use of firearms and artillery.
Example: Ottoman cannons breached the walls of Constantinople in 1453.
Chinese concept that the right to rule was granted by heaven and could be withdrawn if a ruler was unjust, legitimizing dynastic change.
Example: The Ming founder claimed the Mandate after overthrowing the Mongol Yuan dynasty.
Ottoman system granting religious communities (millets) internal self-governance in matters of personal law, education, and worship.
Example: Jewish, Greek Orthodox, and Armenian communities maintained their own courts and schools.
Mughal system of revenue collection where local elites (zamindars) collected taxes from peasants on behalf of the emperor.
Example: Zamindars kept a portion of taxes and maintained order in their territories.
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