Land Based Empire vs. Sea Based Empires C Ben Needle Kell High School Marietta, GA Ben.needle@cobbk12.org
Land Based Sea Based Self-defense extremely important Examples? Ottoman, Russian, Mughal, Ming Relatively Large Expensive Focused on agriculture and not industry Many were located in arid & uninhabitable area Involved in forced labor no longer in WE Power was centralized Between 1500 and 1800 had the largest administrative and economic systems because they were more of a threat to each other Few strategic concerns Examples? Spain, Portugal, England Relatively Small Self-sufficient Settled in in profitable areas Involved in forced labor Increasingly brutal Power “divided” amongst lands Benefited from private investors or joint-stock companies