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The Rise of the Ottoman Empire and the Conquest of Constantinople (1453)
Analyze Sultan Mehmed II's siege of Constantinople and its strategic impact on Mediterranean trade routes and Christian Europe.
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The Islamic World, Ottoman Expansion, and the Ming Dynasty
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Compare the statecraft, belief systems, ethnic compositions, and foreign interactions of the Ottoman Empire and Ming Dynasty pre-1600.
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Learning standards covered
9.7aNew York Social Studies Standards · 10th GradeThree belief systems influenced numerous, powerful states and empires across the Eastern Hemisphere.
9.7bNew York Social Studies Standards · 10th GradeThe dominant belief systems and the ethnic and religious compositions of the Ottoman Empire and the Ming Dynasty affected their social, political, and economic structures and organizations.