Empires Vocabulary

Multiple geographic regions controlled by the same person

• Empire

• Law Code

• Religion

• Military

Trading items between different empires/groups of people

• Trade

• Military

• Religion

• Law Code

A group of both soldiers and weapons, used to take over and defend land.

• Military

• Akbar the Great

• Law Code

• Empire

A code of spiritual beliefs, believed by a group of people-can be used as a source of control over a group of people.

• Religion

• Suleiman the Magnificent

• Law Code

• Military

Piece of earth, controlled by an empire. More land = more power

• Land

• Economy

• Expansion

• Cultural Blending

A series of rules that help the Empire and must be followed, punishment is given if not followed.

• Law Code

• Economy

• Religion

• Cultural Blending

The money and resources controlled by an empire, allows an empire to fund expansion, trade, build, etc.

• Economy

• Land

• Military

• Akbar the Great

When two or more cultures learn from one another or steal ideas from each other!

• Cultural Blending

• Expansion

• Land

• Military

When empires try to get as much land as possible.  

More land = more power

• Expansion

• Gunpowder Empires

• Economy

• Religion

The Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires.  They were very powerful empires.

• Gunpowder Empires

• Trade

• Law Code

• Akbar the Great