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Unit 2: Gunpowder Empires

Instructional Videos

Targets

  • I can explain how China and Japan used policies of Control and Isolation to achieve cultural and political unity. 

  • I can explain how the Ottoman and Mughal Empires used policies of Inclusiveness to achieve cultural and political unity. 

China and Japan Target Readings and Practice

Unit Overview

This unit delves deeper into four of the empires of 1500 from Unit 1. The unit allows us to truly look at the world through a thematic lens. specifically the lenses of isolationism and globalization. The four Gunpowder Empires that we discuss all were able to build their empire thanks to the use of Gunpowder weapons like cannons and guns but this unit also explores the other similarities and differences between those empires. 

NearPod Codes

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Review Activities

Need to Know 

People 

  • Shoguns

  • Sultans

  • Emperors

  • Tokugawa

  • Qing Dynasty

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Places

  • Mughal Empire

  • Ottoman Empire

  • China

  • Japan

  • Asia Minor 

  • Arabian Peninsula

  • Hagia Sophia

  • Taj Mahal

  • Enclaves

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Events 

  • Ottoman Conquest

  • Coastal Port Trade

Ideas

  • Globalization

  • Dynastic Rule

  • Religious Minority Rule

  • Isolation

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Miscellaneous

  • Calligraphy

  • Indian Textiles

  • Tea and Porcelain 

From the State

Asian empires from about 1500 A.D. (C.E.) to about 1800 A.D. (C.E.)

  • Ottoman Empire

  • Mughal Empire

  • Chinese dynasties

  • Japanese shogunate

Major geographic features of Asia

  • Asia Minor

  • Indian subcontinent

  • Himalayan Mountains

  • Indian Ocean

  • South China Sea

  • Arabian Peninsula

Original location of the Ottoman Empire

  • Asia Minor

Expansion and extent of the Ottoman Empire

  • Southwest Asia

  • Southeastern Europe, Balkan Peninsula

  • North Africa

Development of the Ottoman Empire

  • Capital at Constantinople renamed Istanbul

  • Islamic religion as a unifying force that tolerated other religions

  • Trade in coffee and ceramics

Social and cultural patterns in the Ottoman Empire

  • Hagia Sophia

  • Mosques and religious complexes built by Sinan

  • Developments in architecture, calligraphy, manuscript painting, textiles, and ceramics

Location of the Mughal Empire

  • North India

Contributions of Mughal rulers

  • Spread of Islam into India

  • Art and architecture: Taj Mahal

  • Establishment of European trading outposts

  • Influence of Indian textiles on the British textile industry

Trade with European nations

  • Portugal, England, and the Netherlands competed for the Indian Ocean trade by establishing coastal ports on the Indian subcontinent.

  • Southern India traded silks, spices, and gems.

Social and cultural patterns in China

  • Creation of foreign enclaves to control trade

  • Imperial policy of controlling foreign influences and trade

  • Increase in European demand for Chinese goods (tea, porcelain)

Social and cultural patterns in Japan

  • Characterized by a powerless emperor controlled by a military leader (shogun)

  • Adopted policy of isolation to limit foreign influences

Ottoman Empire

  • Political system: Centralized bureaucratic government ruled by a sultan (political and religious leader)

  • Economic system: Located at the crossroads of trade between Europe and Asia, economy based on trade and agriculture

Mughal Empire

  • Political system: Centralized bureaucratic government ruled by a Muslim emperor

  • Economic system: Dependence on trade with foreign nations (Europe), economy based on trade and agriculture

China

  • Political system: Centralized bureaucratic government ruled by a Qing (Manchu) dynasty emperor

  • Economic system: Economy based largely on agriculture, resistance to trade with European nations

Japan

  • Political system: Government ruled by a powerful shogun, had a powerless emperor

  • Economic system: Reliance on maritime trade within the empire, desire to expand to find resources

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