Europe:
So at the beginning of the early modern era the european rulers were more aware and knew that there was other stuff out there so the rulers start sponsoring expeditions.
In this portuguese led the way in this, an example of this kind of ruler was Henry the Navigator who sponsored many expeditions. The spanish king also sponsored a very important expedition, the one of Christopher columbus who discovered the americas. The theory of mercantilization spurred colonization.
The spanish colonialism was concentrated mostly in the americas, but the portuguese were focusing more on establishing trading posts.
In the first phase Spain and portugal were doing most of the exploring with state-sponsored missions. In the second phase northern …show more content…
The ottoman sultans were usually absolute monarchs and were tolerant towards jews and christians. The sultan played factions such as the janissaries to maintain his position. Later the rise in the power of these factions and decrease in the capability of the sultans, played a major role in the ottoman empire’s decline. Constantinople was the center of political power due to it’s economically beneficial location.
The defeat in the battle of Lepanto in 1571, decreased the ottoman’s influence in the mediterranean region.
Throughout the life of the empire, the emperors paid a lot of attention to the architecture in the empire, an example of this are the Suleimani mosques.
They had a central government, which was the sultan, and provincial governments. On a local level, nobles were in control. They were incharge of taxing people and using them as laborers.
Safavid:
The Safavid empire originated from a family of mystics and was given it’s name by Sail al din, the dynasty’s founder.
They were rivals of of the ottomans, because they were shia and ottomans were sunni. They had a battle at chaldiran in 1514 and lost, at the time the emperor was Ismail, who captured …show more content…
The decline of the Safavid was caused by the leaders not really being too capable after Abbass I,because they were unable to control internal matters and fend off foreign threats.
As time went on the ottomans and mughals reduced safavid territory. The empire ended when the capital of Isfahan was taken by Afghani tribes in 1722.
Mughals:
The mughal empire was founded by Zahiruddin babur in 1526. He died after four years and left his son Humayun incharge.
Humayun had the kingdom taken away by rajput kings but then he took it back in 1556. Then humayun died, by falling off the library steps.
Next emperor was Akbar the great. Akbar extended the empire greatly throughout northern and central india. He abolished the hated jizya tax and reconciled the hindus under muslim rule. Then he came up with a new religion din-i-ilahi, a mix of hinduism and islam, but it was rejected. Akbar administrative reforms laid foundations for a long lasting empire. Akbar also ended the practice of sati.
Akbar’s successors were Shah Jahan and Jahangir. They didn’t do anything right, but just kept building stuff. An example is the Taj Mahal built by Shah
So at the beginning of the early modern era the european rulers were more aware and knew that there was other stuff out there so the rulers start sponsoring expeditions.
In this portuguese led the way in this, an example of this kind of ruler was Henry the Navigator who sponsored many expeditions. The spanish king also sponsored a very important expedition, the one of Christopher columbus who discovered the americas. The theory of mercantilization spurred colonization.
The spanish colonialism was concentrated mostly in the americas, but the portuguese were focusing more on establishing trading posts.
In the first phase Spain and portugal were doing most of the exploring with state-sponsored missions. In the second phase northern …show more content…
The ottoman sultans were usually absolute monarchs and were tolerant towards jews and christians. The sultan played factions such as the janissaries to maintain his position. Later the rise in the power of these factions and decrease in the capability of the sultans, played a major role in the ottoman empire’s decline. Constantinople was the center of political power due to it’s economically beneficial location.
The defeat in the battle of Lepanto in 1571, decreased the ottoman’s influence in the mediterranean region.
Throughout the life of the empire, the emperors paid a lot of attention to the architecture in the empire, an example of this are the Suleimani mosques.
They had a central government, which was the sultan, and provincial governments. On a local level, nobles were in control. They were incharge of taxing people and using them as laborers.
Safavid:
The Safavid empire originated from a family of mystics and was given it’s name by Sail al din, the dynasty’s founder.
They were rivals of of the ottomans, because they were shia and ottomans were sunni. They had a battle at chaldiran in 1514 and lost, at the time the emperor was Ismail, who captured …show more content…
The decline of the Safavid was caused by the leaders not really being too capable after Abbass I,because they were unable to control internal matters and fend off foreign threats.
As time went on the ottomans and mughals reduced safavid territory. The empire ended when the capital of Isfahan was taken by Afghani tribes in 1722.
Mughals:
The mughal empire was founded by Zahiruddin babur in 1526. He died after four years and left his son Humayun incharge.
Humayun had the kingdom taken away by rajput kings but then he took it back in 1556. Then humayun died, by falling off the library steps.
Next emperor was Akbar the great. Akbar extended the empire greatly throughout northern and central india. He abolished the hated jizya tax and reconciled the hindus under muslim rule. Then he came up with a new religion din-i-ilahi, a mix of hinduism and islam, but it was rejected. Akbar administrative reforms laid foundations for a long lasting empire. Akbar also ended the practice of sati.
Akbar’s successors were Shah Jahan and Jahangir. They didn’t do anything right, but just kept building stuff. An example is the Taj Mahal built by Shah