http://www.flashcardexchange.com/tag/empires www.flashcardexchange.com: empires Flashcards en-us Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:30:59 PST Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:30:59 PST support@flashcardexchange.com 720 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/1884427 The First Civilizations 2011-09-02 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/1884427 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/1490099 Global Study Cards 1: Includes Information on Ancient Empires'... -Geography -Government -Economy -Treating People (Social Structure/Classes) -Military These Ancient Empires are -The New Kingdom -Hittite Empire -Assyrian Empire -Neo-Babylonian Empire -Persian Empire 2010-10-06 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/1490099 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/972053 Holt World History Medieval to Early Modern Times - Unit 3 Ch. 6 West African Empires 2010-01-27 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/972053 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/961420 see title 2010-01-13 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/961420 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/954442 The Muslim Empires 2010-01-02 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/954442 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/944863 The Rise of Europe and the Eclipse of Islamic Civilizations as the Pivot of the World Order 2009-12-12 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/944863 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/906125 American colonies in the British empires 2009-10-26 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/906125 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/869762 Ch 4 2009-09-17 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/869762 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/822315 Humanities 2210 2009-06-02 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/822315 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/818565 Dates, French Revolution, Muslim Empires Exploration, Renaissance, Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment, Absolutism. 2009-05-27 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/818565 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/758113 The ancient empires of Greek and Rome 2009-02-23 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/758113 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/730434 the European Empires: key terms, places, events, and people 2009-01-14 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/730434 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/705316 Empires in the Middle East 2008-11-25 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/705316 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/689089 Flash cards for the age of empires of Egypt, Nubia, Assyria, Persia and China. 2008-10-29 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/689089 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/681749 THE ISLAMIC EMPIRES Three powerful Islamic empires emerged in India and southwest Asia after the fifteenth century. Beginning with the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453, Turkish warriors and charismatic leaders established first the Ottoman empire, then the Safavid dynasty in Persia (1502), and finally the Mughal dynasty in India (1526). Three distinct empires emerged with different cultures and traditions. Yet there are some striking similarities, including: Autocratic rule. All three empires began as military states in which all power and prestige centered on the person of the ruler. All three were plagued by problems of succession from one ruler to the next. Islamic faith. All three empires embraced Islam. Sizeable Christian minorities in the Ottoman Empire and a large Hindu majority in India forced those rulers to craft policies of religious toleration. The Safavid dynasty followed the Shia sect of Islam, which brought them into conflict with their Sunni Ottoman neighbors. Inward-looking policies. Although all three Islamic states maintained power through the military, neither the Safavid nor the Mughal dynasties developed a navy or a merchant fleet. Military resources were concentrated on defending inland borders. The Ottoman did have a powerful navy at one time, but by the eighteenth century, Ottoman armaments were outmoded and usually of European manufacture. Agricultural economies. Agriculture was the basis of the Islamic empires, and the majority of the population was engaged in raising and processing food. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Ottoman and Safavid populations grew slowly; the population in India grew more dramatically. Ambivalence toward foreign trade. All three empires existed along important historic trade routes and derived benefit from their locations. The Safavids actively encouraged foreign trade. However, none of the three states sent merchants abroad or encouraged new industries. Cultural conservatism. The Islamic empires did not seek out new ideas or technologies and proved hostile to innovation by the eighteenth century. Like leaders in the Qing and Tokugawa dynasties (Chapter 27), Islamic conservatives feared that new ideas would lead to political instability. 2008-10-18 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/681749