TOPIC 3.1 Empires expand

THEMATIC FOCUS

Governance GOV

A variety of internal and external factors contribute to state formation, expansion, and decline. Governments maintain order through a variety of administrative institutions, policies, and procedures, and governments obtain, retain, and exercise power in different ways and for different purposes.

Learning Objective

HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS

Unit 3 A: Learning Objective A Explain how and why various land-based empires developed and expanded from 1450 to 1750.

KC-4.3.II

Imperial expansion relied on the increased use of

gunpowder, cannons, and armed trade to establish large empires in both hemispheres.

KC-4.3.II.B

Land empires included the Manchu in Central and East Asia; the Mughal in South and Central Asia; the Ottoman in Southern Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa; and the Safavids in the Middle East (See Gunpowder empires , Russian Empire, Songhai)

KC-4.3.III.i

Political and religious disputes led to rivalries and conflict Administration of Empires

between states.

State: Rivalries: Safavid-Mughal conflict. Songhai’s conflict with Morocco (See also Songhai)