1. Empires of the World in 1500 CE

2. Eastern Hemisphere Songhai Safavids Ottomans Japan Mughals
China (Ming Dynasty)
Songhai
Mughals

3. Outline European Kingdoms Africa (Songhai state)
Gunpowder States (Ottomans, Safavids, Mughals)
Asia (China & Japan)
Trade Networks / Product Origins

4. Africa Songhai Controlled the Gold- Salt trade Islamic religion
Timbuktu: Islamic Cultural Center and city

5. Africa
1st- European nations established trading port throughout Africa’s coast 2nd - Slaves, Gold and Ivory were exported out using the Triangle Trade system 3rd - Africa imported manufactured goods from Europe, Asia and the Americas 4th Africa also imported new food products such as corn and peanuts

6. Ottoman Empire Ottomans (Today’s Turks)
Conquer Byzantines in (Constantinople becomes Istanbul)
Empire on 3 continents (Asia, Europe and Africa) united by Islam
Take Balkans up to Vienna
Sunni Muslims
Trade in coffee and ceramics

8. Decline of the Ottomans
Decline of the Ottoman Empire
Nation state of Turkey emerges

9. Safavid Empire (Persian)
Location=Southwest Asia (Iran today)
Religion=Islam (Shi’ite/Shi’a)
Silk Trade

10. Palace at Isfahan

11. Mughal Empire Location= North and Central Indian subcontinent
Religion=Islam, but the people are mostly Hindu
Establish trade with Europeans along SW coast (Portuguese, English, Dutch)

12. Emperor Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in 1629

13. Ming Empire (China) Overthrow Mongols Explorations of Admiral Zheng He
Beijing and Forbidden City
Establish European trade enclaves to limit outside influences

14. Ming Empire in 1580 CE

15. Tokugawa Shogunate (Japan)
Tokugawa Shogunate unifies feudal Japan (Muskets)
Social Pyramid :Emperor, Shogun, Daimyo, Samurai, Peasants (strict)
Isolationist (Act of Seclusion)

16. Feudal Society
Shogun
Daimyo
Samurai
Peasants

18. Japan
1st  Japan had powerless emperors ruled by military leaders, called shoguns
2nd Adopted a policy of isolation to limit foreign influences
3rd Merchants were not valued within Japanese society

19. Trade Goods Asia: Paper, Compass, Silk, Porcelain
India: Textiles, # System, Spices, Gems
Middle East: Astronomy, Medicines, Mathematics (al jabr)
Africa: Ivory and Gold