Empires and Encounters

Throughout this chapter we learn about the expansion of both the Russian and Asian empires while expanding in the Americas as well. In the beginning of the chapter it is said that the European empires in the Americas were not alone. The Russians were known as an empire that constructed the world's largest territorial empire, which made Russia an Asian and gaining European power. The Quin dynasty went deep into Inner Asia, while it helped the country double its size. Meanwhile, millions of non-Chinese people were being brought into China practicing religion throughout the country such as Islam, Buddhism, and animistic religions. On the other hand the Mughal empire brought the Hindus and Muslims to a closer relationship than what they had before even though there were good and bad issues between the two. The Ottomon empire put together the political unity of Islam and gave them the opportunity to obtain military and religious threats. Overall, throughout this chapter we are able to see the European expansion, although everything wasn't as smooth as it could have been for the Europeans and empires.