AP World History Unit 3

Unit 3: Land-Based Empires c. 1450-1750

Gunpowder Empires- large, multiethnic states in Southwest, Central, and South Asia that relied on firearms to conquer and control territories

Ottoman Empire: A Sunni Muslim empire that ruled parts of southeastern Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.

• Allowed religious minorities to govern themselves under the millet system

Mehmed II

Suleiman I

Safavid Empire: A Persian empire in modern Iran that made Shi'a Islam its official religion.

Mughal Empire: A Muslim empire that ruled most of South Asia and used gunpowder warfare to expand.