A History of World Societies:
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A History of World Societies Value
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Chapter Chronology

Review and Explore

Make Connections

Analyze the larger developments and continuities within and across chapters.

  1. Question

    In what sense were the states of the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals empires rather than large states? Do all three equally deserve the term “empire”? Why or why not?
    In what sense were the states of the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals empires rather than large states? Do all three equally deserve the term “empire”? Why or why not?

  2. Question

    How did the expansion of European presence in the Indian Ocean after 1450 impinge on the societies and economies of each of the Islamic empires?
    How did the expansion of European presence in the Indian Ocean after 1450 impinge on the societies and economies of each of the Islamic empires?

  3. Question

    What made it possible for Islamic rulers to tolerate more religious difference than European Christian rulers of the same period?
    What made it possible for Islamic rulers to tolerate more religious difference than European Christian rulers of the same period?