last minute apworld

mostly 3/4

Gunpowder Empires

Russia (Ivan IV GP into mongol)

Ottoman (Constantinople + Devshirme)

Mughal (Babur establish w GP into Dehli Sultanate)

Safavid (Persian Conquest)

Gunpowder Empire Decline

W. Europe grow economically + military

Religious Consolidation of Power

Akbar (tolerance + Jizya→Auragzeb)

Taj Mahal (Islam + Hindu→divine right to rule)

Tokugawa (Christian ban + Neo-Confucianism for obedience)

France (Divine Right of Kings Louis XIV Absolutism)

Bureaucrazy + Military consolidate

Ottomans (Devshirme Janissaries)

Qing (neo-confucian civil service exam)

France (Palace of Versailles where nobles live, centralized power)

Russia (Ivan IV’s Stretsy military guard)

Architecutre Consolidate

France (Palace of Versailles, show wealth + symbol of absolute power)

Mughal (Taj Mahal Islam + Hindue, gave Divine Right to rule + shows wealth)

Inca (Sun Temple, line ruler to divine)

Tax Consolidate

Mughal (Zamindar)

Ottoman (gov-hired tax collectors for revenue)

Silk Road

Silk, Porcelain, Spices

spread Buddhism + Bubonic

Mongols: Caravanserai + Bandits

Marco Polo: Italian→China diffusing to Europe

Samarkand

Trans-Saharan

Gold, Salt, Slaves

Spread Islam

Mansa Musa→Mali Wealth

Cairo

Indian Ocean

Ivory, Cotton, Spices, spread maritime tech

Islam→E African & SE Asia

Zheng He: Flex w large military & r

Calicut

Ana Nzinga

modern-day Angola vs Portuguese