1. Land Based Empire vs. Sea Based EmpiresC
Ben Needle
Kell High School
Marietta, GA

2. 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