APWORLD PERIOD 2

1250-1750

Ottomans

conquer Constantinople

Sunni vs Safavid Shia

Russia

free after mongol fall

empire emerges

Ivan the Terrible: ruthless + executes threats

Tokugawa Japan

rigid social class

isolate from world to avoid foreign influence (christianity was threat to power)

British East India Company

established

trading company → colonial power

spice trade, military + expansion in India.

shaped global trade + British Imperialism

Taj Mahal

cultural syncretism, islam, india, persia

Louis XIV

French Monarch

palace of versailles

french power dominant

Qing Dynasty

(Manchu) governs China

initially there to help Ming then take over

little interaction + protect culture

Enlightenment

Begins

pro scientific thought + process

question tradition + authority for reason

John Locke: all equal

natural rights = life, liberty, property

Rousseau

social contract w gov: will of the people is sacred