Aim How did empires consolidate their power How
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Aim: How did empires consolidate their power? How did they respond to foreigners? Do Now: Should the U. S. encourage or limit immigration and why?
I King Louis XIV “Sun King” of France ü Absolute monarch; claimed divine right (his power to rule came directly from god). ü Expanded the territory of France. - Claimed the territory of Louisiana in North America - Fought wars with European neighbors for land ü Built palace at Versailles near Paris. It was so expensive that it drained the French economy. ü Revoked the Treaty of Nantes, which had granted religious freedom to Protestants. This forced 1, 000 Huguenots (French Protestants) to leave France.
Versailles, France
The Hall of Mirrors, Versailles, France
The Gardens at Versailles, France
II Tokugawa Japan (Edo Period) 1603 - 1867 ü The Tokugawa was the last feudal Japanese military government. üHeaded by the shogun. ü To consolidate power, in 1635 the daiymo had to live in Edo (the capital).
Japanese Feudalism 9 th – 19 th centuries Emperor The emperor was a figurehead without real power. Shogun The Shogun was the real ruler of feudal Japan, and head of the military. Daimyo Lords Samurai Warriors Peasants The Daimyo lords were given land in exchange for loyalty to the Shogun. The Samurai provided military service to the Daimyo Lords in exchange for land or food. Farmers had a higher social status than merchants. Confucianism had influenced Japan, and believed merchants to be useless as they did not always make things they sold.
Edicts of Tokugawa Shojunate 1635 1. Japanese ships are strictly forbidden to leave for foreign countries 2. No Japanese is permitted to go abroad. If there is anyone who attempts to do secretly, he must be executed. . . 3. If any Japanese returns from overseas after residing there, he must be put to death. 4. If there is any place where the teachings of Christianity is practiced, the two of you must order a thorough investigation. . .
Osaka Castle, Built 1583 As Daimyo lords fought with each other and gained more land, the need for bigger and stronger fortifications arose.
Samurai Armor Samurai armor incorporated steel, leather, and wood plates,
III Akbar the Great (1542 – 1605) ü Descended from Genghis Khan. His grandfather Babur founded the Mughal Muslim Dynasty in 1525. ü Centralized his government which included Muslims, Hindus, and foreigners. Jobs based on merit. ü Elimated tax on non-Muslims, and encouraged religious toleration by marrying Hindu princesses. ü Expanded the empire. ü Patron of Mughal arts (combined Indian, Persian, and Arab styles).
Akbar pays his respect to Jesuits (left) and to a Hindu holy man (right).
IV Suleiman the Magnificent “the Law Giver” (1494 – 1566) ü Expanded the Ottoman Empire by using gunpowder. ü Gained access points to the Silk Roads. the Age of Exploration! ü Reformed the Ottoman legal code ü Built libraries, mosques, hospitals ---- Golden Age of Istanbul ü Was a poet ü Jews and Christians “people of the Book” could live in their own communities if they paid a special tax In order to gain the throne, Suleiman had his two brothers and their children strangled to death. Clot, Andre. 2005. Suleiman the Magnificent. Saqi Books: London.
The Ottomans came to rule Greeks, Serbs, Bosnians, Croats, and Armenians.
How did Suleiman consolidate his power? Millets: Religious communities. Jews & Christians had to pay a special tax as “people of the book” Ulama: Muslim scholars Grand Vizier: 2 nd in command under the Sultan (Emperor) Divan: Advisory council to the Sultan
Topkapi Palace, Istanbul
Topkapi Palace, Istanbul
Topkapi Palace Harem: a secluded space for the Sultan’s wives and concubines (girlfriends).
Grand Bazaar, Istanbul
Summary Questions 1. How was Louis XIV and Suleiman the Magnificent similar? 2. How was Akbar the Great and Suleiman the Magnificent similar? 3. How did absolute monarchs of the early modern period consolidate their power? 4. In order to consolidate power, is it better to allow religious tolerance or not? Explain.
Key Vocabulary Absolute monarch Akbar the Great Consolidation of power Divan Edict of Nantes Edicts of Tokugawa Shogunate Grand Vizier Hugenots Louis XIV Millet Mughal Dynasty Ottoman Empire Suleiman the Magnificent Tokugawa Shojunate Ulama Versailles
- How do empires consolidate their power?
- How did louis xiv gain consolidate and maintain power
- How did the mughals consolidate their power
- How did mussolini consolidate power
- What hardships did daimyo face during the tokugawa period?
- Maritime and land based empires
- Data warehouses generalize and consolidate data in
- Introduce assertion
- Passion as a core value
- How did the ottoman safavid and mughal empires arise
- According to interventionists how would aiding
- Real power and reactive power
- Romeo and juliet intro
- Rise and fall
- Gunpowder empires map
- Colonial empires 1914
- Mayans and aztecs map
- Gunpowder empires map
- Land based empires 1450 to 1750
- Chapter 33 the building of global empires
- Colonial empires 1914
- Empires in southeast asia
- Maritime empires link regions
- Aztecs mayans incas