https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:empires-expand-6-8/a/activity-expanding-your-empire 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: Expanding Your Empire It’s not always easy being in charge. Before you learn more about how historical empires expanded and maintained power, think about what you would do as the ruler of your own kingdom. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:empires-expand-6-8/a/article-gunpowder-empires 2025-08-12T03:52:41.296842565Z Gunpowder Empires The gunpowder empires were about more than just the weaponry for which they were named; they also had powerful management skills. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:empires-expand-6-8/v/ottoman-safavid-and-mughal-empires-world-history-khan-academy 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal Empires The video explores the evolution of Asian empires around 1300, focusing on North India, Persia, the Middle East, and Turkey. It highlights the rise of the Ottoman Empire, the Safavid Dynasty, and the Mughal Empire, their unique characteristics, and their use of gunpowder in warfare. video https://cdn.kastatic.org/googleusercontent/lryR7zRS3l0TQOCKjz7z5YCmtEoEgrDDJfS4HJm0afT1zbvwPclYrsDDc5jm6v3bq2PrTUejdBmfAHM3xHYSpXdY Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal Empires The video explores the evolution of Asian empires around 1300, focusing on North India, Persia, the Middle East, and Turkey. It highlights the rise of the Ottoman Empire, the Safavid Dynasty, and the Mughal Empire, their unique characteristics, and their use of gunpowder in warfare. https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/hNpcQEGw3S4.mp4/hNpcQEGw3S4.mp4 629 Empires Expand | 6.7 https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:empires-expand-6-8/a/article-a-sublime-empire-ottoman-rule-on-land-and-sea 2025-08-01T12:57:47.236654328Z A Sublime Empire: Ottoman Rule on Land and Sea The Ottoman Empire lasted six centuries and conquered territory on three continents. It owed its success to military strength but also to an innovative political structure. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:empires-expand-6-8/a/article-the-safavid-empire 2025-08-01T12:57:47.236654328Z The Safavid Empire Shah Ismail I founded the Safavid Empire as a Shi’ite society with strong Persian identity. Despite its ability to tax the silk trade and a solid central government, it faced expensive wars against the Sunni-majority states that surrounded it. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:empires-expand-6-8/a/article-china-under-ming-and-qing-rule 2025-08-01T12:57:47.236654328Z China Under Ming and Qing Rule The Ming and Qing Dynasties ruled China from 1368 to 1912. China was the wealthiest empire in the world, then wasn’t as power shifted in the 1640s, then was again. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:empires-expand-6-8/a/article-from-muscovy-to-the-russian-empire 2025-08-01T12:57:47.236654328Z From Muscovy to the Russian Empire As Mongol power declined in northern Eurasia, Russia emerged as a world power, both an intensely centralized state with a national identity, and a multi-ethnic empire of many religions spread over a vast territory. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:empires-expand-6-8/a/article-south-asia-14501750 2025-08-01T12:57:47.236654328Z South Asia 1450–1750 From the fifteenth through eighteenth centuries, South Asia was a prosperous and diverse place. Between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, the Mughal Empire was one of the world’s largest empires, ruling large parts of the subcontinent. With ready access to silver, the Mughals built an ethnically and religiously pluralist state and established new administrative systems. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:empires-expand-6-8/v/mughal-rule-in-india 2022-10-11T01:58:02.027441565Z Mughal rule in India An overview of the first 6 Mughal emperors: Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan, and Aurangzeb. video https://cdn.kastatic.org/googleusercontent/0Kxwj7FdZaPCyk6kB0Mb50O1OjsLE9y-w75xPFSAv30AEj_cnfQcPkF6V_fRrsxDKcnkCLLQCLkhqMEM61RnjxiAFg Mughal rule in India An overview of the first 6 Mughal emperors: Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan, and Aurangzeb. https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/mGnm89Rfi98.mp4/mGnm89Rfi98.mp4 364 Empires Expand | 6.7 https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:empires-expand-6-8/a/article-khanzada-begum-graphic-biography-ap 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Khanzada Begum Graphic Bio Historians sometimes talk about the Islamic world as though there were two spheres: the household, which was run by women, and the government, which was the domain of men. Khanzada Begum's life challenges this narrative. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:empires-expand-6-8/a/activity-comparison-empires 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: Comparison—Empires Assess the similarities and differences of land-based empires in this comparison activity to learn how empires functioned and why some lasted centuries while others collapsed. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-first-global-age/x66f79d8a:empires-expand-6-8/e/3-1-empires-expand 2025-12-29T16:30:28.693751207Z Empires Expand Practice your knowledge of the expansion of land-based empires from 1450 to 1750 CE in the Middle East (Ottoman and Safavid Empires), China (Ming and Qing Dynasties, Russia, and South Asia (Mughal Empire). Kelsey Moskovits exercise