Explain why the new land empires of Eurasia ultimately proved more enduring than those of the Americas and Africa
What will be an ideal response?
A. Endurance of land empires of Eurasia
1. Moscovy
a. enduring state of imperial dimensions
b. adept in exploiting the Mongols to secure independence of
and power over other Russians
c. ability to expand
1. missionaries opened roads to convert people on land and
Sea
2. Ivan the Great built a stable north–south axis of trade
3. expansion became a conscious crusade justified on
religious grounds
2. Turkish/Islam
a. human fuel renewed the Islamic world's capacity to wage war
and expand its frontiers
b. location helped endurance
1. central Asia stayed Muslim, and the Indian Ocean linked
mainly Muslim shores
2. Silk Roads and maritime routes of Eurasia had to pass
through Muslim-ruled territory
3. Ottoman empire
a. advantage was location
1. heartlands of the empire were at the crossroads of great
trades, where the Silk Roads, the Indian Ocean routes,
the Volga, the Danube, and the Mediterranean almost
converged
b. adapted to the environments they conquered
c. mastered the art of keeping subjects of diverse religions loyal to
them
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