Unit 3: Land-Based Empires (c. 1450–1750)

AP World History: Modern

The gunpowder revolution and imperial expansion

Map of the Ottoman Empire
Caption: The Ottoman Empire at its greatest extent, c. 1683. Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

East Asian empires

Administration of diverse empires

Religion and legitimacy

Timeline

Primary sources

Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq on the Ottoman Empire (1555)

Akbar's decree of religious tolerance (c. 1580)

Martin Luther's 95 Theses (1517)

Key figures

Key events summary

Vocabulary