Unit 3: Land Based Empires

Explain how and why various land-based empires developed and expanded from 1450 to 1750.

Explain how rulers used a variety of methods to legitimize and consolidate their power in land-based empires from 1450 to 1750.

Explain continuity and change within the various belief systems during the period from 1450 to 1750.

Compare the methods by which various empires increased their influence from 1450 to 1750.