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• 0:00

  Welcome and Introductions

• 0:34

  Host Background

• 1:06

  Promoting Cram Mode

• 2:08

  Community Agreements

• 2:40

  Session Agenda

• 3:11

  Expansion of Land-Based Empires

• 3:44

  Defining Land-Based Empires

• 4:46

  Expansion Methods

• 5:47

  Reasons for Expansion

• 8:23

  Centralized Government Examples

• 8:54

  Gunpowder Empires Overview

• 9:58

  Ottoman Empire Details

• 10:29

  Safavid Empire Details

• 11:01

  Mughal Empire Details

• 12:04

  Tokugawa Shogunate

• 13:35

  Feudalism in Japan

• 14:39

  Trade and Tax Diplomacy

• 15:09

  Jizya Tax Explanation

• 16:44

  Summary of Expansion

• 17:16

  Governments of Empires

• 17:48

  Bureaucratic Elites

• 18:19

  Military Elites

• 19:22

  Devshirme System

• 20:57

  Samurai in Japan

• 22:30

  Art and Monuments

• 23:33

  Religious Buildings

• 25:38

  Military Strength Displays

• 26:09

  Divine Right Concept

• 27:42

  Empire Funding and Taxes

• 29:12

  Silver Taxation in Ming

• 29:44

  Belief Systems Overview

• 30:15

  Hinduism Key Beliefs

• 31:16

  Buddhism Principles

• 32:17

  Islam Fundamentals

• 32:49

  Christianity and Confucianism

• 33:19

  Protestant Reformation

• 34:54

  Mughal Religious Interplay

• 35:55

  Rejecting Caste System

• 36:28

  Sunni-Shia Split

• 36:58

  Aztec and Inca Practices

• 38:00

  Belief Systems Conclusion

• 38:32

  Comparing Land-Based Empires

• 40:34

  Maritime Empires Comparison

• 42:07

  Administrative Systems Differences

• 42:38

  Social Hierarchies

• 43:39

  Trading Post Empires

• 44:10

  Colonial Empires

• 44:40

  Q&A Session Begins

• 45:11

  Context vs Evidence Tips

• 49:44

  Closing Remarks