World History II

Chapter 20: The Islamic World Powers
1300 to 1800

12: Mon, Oct 14, 2019

Please post in the forum for the day a short essay in response to this question:

Our survey covers both the rise and decline of three Islamic empires. What common factors did the empires share as they increased power and territory? What common challenges did they face during their decline? Where there unique challenges or factors that affected the development of power structures in each empire.

You may want to consider:

• How each empire consolidated its power and control over territories.
• Whether, when, and how they formed political alliances with European powers.
• What types of government bureaucracies they established to administer law, justice, regulate trade, keep the peace, and collect taxes.
• How they determined the extent of their jurisdiction (i.e., what laws apply? to which groups of people? under what circumstances?)
• How the concept of land ownership developed and changed in these cultures, which were originally nomadic and pastoral.

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