AP World History: Modern / Unit 3: Land-Based Empires (c. 1450–1750)
3.1 Empires Expand
Notes
Gunpowder empires expanded with firearms: the Ottomans (took Constantinople in 1453), Safavids (Persia), Mughals (India). The Qing (Manchu) conquered China. Russia expanded east.
Practice
The Ottomans captured Constantinople in:
End of the Byzantine Empire.
The Safavid Empire was centered in:
Shia empire.
The Qing dynasty was founded by:
1644.
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