Land Based Empires Chart
Ottoman Empire
- Devshirme
- Built mosques in Istanbul
- Osman Bey
- Muslim ruled
- Millet system
- Bureaucracy
- Monumental architecture
- Rivalry with Safavids
- Located at crossroads of Afro-Eurasia
- Tolerant of Christian and Jewish minority
- Gunpowder civilization
- Claimed to be caliph
- Centralized
Safavid Empire
- Ruled by Shi'ite Muslims
- Muslim ruled
- Claimed to be descendant of Muhammad
- Bureaucracy
- Built capital at Isfahan
- Ruled by Shah
- Rivalry with Ottomans and Mughals
Mughal Empire
- Muslim ruled
- Zamindars
- Akbar
- Tolerant of Hindu majority, other religious minorities
- Repealed jizya
- Monumental architecture
*Ruled by emperor - Rivalry with Safavids
- Aurangzeb
- Sikhism developed during the rise
- used paintings to legitimize rule
Qing Empire
- Originated from Manchuria
- Civil service exam
- Meritocracy
- Claimed to be descended from Mongols
- Embraced Confucianism
- Claimed Mandate of Heaven
- Tolerant of Buddhist and Daoist population
- Ruled by emperor
- Monumental architecture
- Ruled from Forbidden City
- Centralized
- Conquered Mongolia, Tibet, Xinjiang
Russia
- Originated in Central Asia
- Gunpowder civilization
- Centralized
Tokugawa Japan
- Ruled by Shogun
- Centralized Feudalism