2. Comparative Essay Thurs 1-16
• Analyze the similarities and differences in
how two empires conquered and
controlled their empires.
• Analyze the similarities and differences in
the results of two empires.
3. THE LAND EMPIRES of
EURASIA
Russian Empire
Qing / Manchu Empire
Ottoman Empire
Mughal Empire
17. One RESULT of European
Maritime Empires being built…
The Columbian Exchange –
the transfer of plants,
animals, and diseases
between the Americas and
Afro-Eurasia
18. Comparative Essay Thurs 1-16
• Analyze the similarities and differences in
how two empires conquered and
controlled their empires.
• Analyze the similarities and differences in
the results of two empires.
20. As these empires were built:
• The rulers worked to control ethnic &
religious groups in ways that utilized
their economic contributions while
limiting their ability to challenge the
authority of the government
• Mughal treatment of Hindu subjects
• Chinese treatment of SE Asian merchants
• European promotion of the African slave trade
21. • Governments of these empires used
bureaucrats and professional military
to maintain centralized control over
people & resources – (and limit the
power of the other nobles).
• Ottoman devshirme system & janissaries
• Chinese scholar officials
• European use of merchants or priests as
bureaucrats.