Unit Three: Land-Based Empires (c. 1450 to c. 1750)

The Gunpowder Empires handout
The Early Ottoman Empire lesson
The Persian Empire handout
The Mughal Empire lesson
​A map of the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires 
A chart showing the Difference between Sunni and Shiite Muslims

The word Renaissance is French in origin and basically means a rebirth of old ideas and takes place between 1300 C.E. and 1600 C.E. The Italian Renaissance lesson shows the causes and effects of this important time in Western European history and is accompanied by a second document on the achievements of the Renaissance. This era is probably best known for its human creative skills and interpretation of events and is best shown through a sample of pictures Art of the Renaissance and then an in-depth presentation of Art during the Renaissance. The Scientific Revolution handout is important to the social, religious and political changes that take place after the Renaissance and a key event to this change takes place with the Protestant Reformation. Taking place during this time period is a dramatic change within the Christian church and to better understand I have added a link showing Key People in the Christian church  in the form of a chart and a document called Divisions within the Protestant church , a handout that simplifies the key Protestant sects. To end the unit I have added a Religions of Western Europe map and a basic chart on the different Christian Religions, Beliefs and Practices of the 16th century.