PPT-The End of Empire

Chapter 39 The End of Empire Before we get started This chapter requires you to consolidate the thinking you have done about comparisons and contrasts and continuities and changes0vertime regarding Asia Africa and Latin America throughout this book. Assyria. The Assyrians came from the northern part of Mesopotamia. Environment made them a target for invasions. Developed warlike behavior. Around 850 B.C., Assyria acquired a large empire stretching from the Tigris River to Egypt. . 610-1070. Strains on the Empire. Avars. Slavs. Persians. And after 632 the Muslims. Heraclius. Came to power amid military disaster. Avars. , Slavs, and Persians were all attacking the empire at once. 1526-1707. What have we learned?. Mughal Empire. Muslims quickly spread by . conquering & trading.. First using the . Khyber Pass . to invade northern India.. Secondly, using the . Khyber Pass . to . Coach Grgurich. Unit 4B. Background. The . Ottoman Empire. lasted from 1299 until the end of World War I. Beginning as a Turkish tribe, the Ottomans, ruled by an absolute monarchy, became the most powerful Muslim country in the world, with an empire reaching from southeastern Europe to north Africa.. Formed in 1206 when Genghis united the warring tribes of Mongolia. Laid siege to china in 1209 conquering . Xixia. and the Jin Empire. they also attacked India, Iraq, and Russia. . The empire was divided by Genghis's sons in 1227. Rome built great stuff. Rome built great roads to travel on and aqueducts to bring water into the city.. Rome also built great stadiums and amphitheaters for the entertainment of the people.. Romans also developed the use of the arch. . L/O – To define what an empire is and explore how the British Empire began. Starter. – What is an empire? Come up with a definition of your own . What was the British Empire?. What does the map suggest about Britain’s power in 1890?. and . Early Russia. AP European History. Byzantine Empire. Formation of the Empire. Established by Emperor Diocletian’s division of the Roman Empire. Eastern half of the Roman Empire. Constantine reunited the empires but moved the capital to Constantinople. Location. The eastern portion of the former Roman Empire. Capital City – Constantinople (modern day Istanbul). Excellent location for trade. Military defense. Fought with the following for control of the area. Amari, Jazmine, Stephanie, and Zayrienne . Due Date: March 10, 2014. Rise. . The Delhi sultanate began to weaken in the early 1500’s and this left India open to invasion.. . The man who took advantage of this was a young Central Asian conqueror named Zahir ud-Din, but better known as Babur or “The Tiger”. After trying and failing to create an empire in Central Asia he turned to India.. Geography. . Extended from the North of the Caspian Sea to the South of the Persian . Located in modern day Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Jordan, Israel, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Had the Euphrates, Tigris, and Indus River . At its height the Roman Empire included all the land around the Mediterranean Sea. In the early AD 100s, the empire stretched from Britain south to Egypt, and from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Syrian Desert. . Preview. Decline. -. After the year 180, political, geographic, and cultural factors made the Roman Empire weaker. Finally, it fell into decline.. Diocletian and Constantine. - . Diocletian returned order and organization to the empire. Constantine totally changed the way the empire was run.. Capital: Byzantium. On the Bosporus. Commercial, strategic value of location. Constantine names capital after himself (Constantinople), moves capital there 330 CE. 1453 falls to Turks, renamed Istanbul.