2) Reflect on the Meet & Greet and answer EACH of these questions:

-What other rulers did you meet?

-What were some of the notable accomplishments that your classmates mentioned?

-How do you think ALL of these rulers impacted history?

They mentioned different accomplishments like Shah Abbas implementing a new religion for their empire. Akbar had created a new tax system and created a centralized government. Selim the Grim was rich in his empire and would win many wars with other empires. He had a lot of power causing him to get a lot of land.

I think all these empires impacted history because it changed cultures. Each culture being different meant that when they met they would learn new things about each other. Their trade routes would promote the influence of new things that others would not know of. If everyone only lived in one empire like the Ottoman empire then no one would explore other lands and get new materials or textiles. They impacted history because if these empires were not formed there wouldn't be new things discovered today.

Accomplishments- Acbar- ended slavery, Salman the magnificent- Expanded the ottoman empire(1520- 1566), Selim the grim- expanded the ottoman empire (1512-1520)

All of these rulers impacted history in there own ways, but they all fought to benefit their society. They were all influential to the modern world.

I learned that Selim the Grims border's that he had created stayed the same for decades after his death. This was influential because he was the reason the Ottoman empire was the size it was.

I also learned that Shah Abbas I enjoyed painting and created trade routes across Europe. Therefore, helping the Safavid Empire become stronger.

Akbar was known for expanding the Mughal empire 3x its original size.

They all influenced History by creating notable empires that had an impact on trade all across the West.

Shah Abbas impacted his empire by moving the capital and creating trade routes across different continents.

Suleiman the magnificent captured belgrade and large portions of eastern europe. Abbis the Great created a centralized government. Selim the Grim conquered Mecca and Cairo. Akbar expanded the borders of the Mughal empire 3x its size when he came to power. All these leaders influenced history by promoting rapid expansion of borders and great wars. These leaders also all strived for centralized power and governments, influencing future empires to follow in their footsteps by making more centralized governments.

The biggest accomplishments of shah abbas was strengthening the safavid military and these rollers impacted history by influencing new religions.

akbar- he had the first centralized government and reformed the military.

Selim I- He expanded his empire to and the border steady the same for decades and that he killed his 2 brothers.

Akbar- he made the mongol way bigger with all of his military success

They all influenced history by growing the trade routes.

Akbar was known for his military conquests. He had rain the empire from 1556- 1605. His military expansions had left a life-lasting impact on India.

I think the emperors of the Gunpowder Empires impacted history by being a lot more religious tolerant. A lot of the rulers made it so that the people in their empires weren't forced to convert to Islam, which was a good move to expand their population. As well as the gunpowder being a very valuable trade resource so beside the population being diverse in religion the people also felt safe as their militaries had good resources for war.

Shah Abbas was very into the development of global trade routes from Asia to Europe. Aurangzeb was very into his military powers and used it to his advantages to control the most land for the Mughal empire and he also was very into his religion and would fight people who were against his religion with his vast army. Akbar similar to Aurangzeb had a vast army and had conquered very many places for the better of his empire but on the contrary he was very open to religions allowing harmony to be spread throughout all the Mughal empire.

I think that all of the empires had effected the world very differently but all strived to complete a very similar goal. Like the leader Shah Abbas he had the effect of opening and creating new trade routes, Aurangzeb was very into a big and vast army to control the lands he had, and Akbar wanted religion to be able to spread freely throughout his lands. These all however all wanted to make their empire the best for themselves but they all had tried it in very different ways. They also had wanted to be able to spread their borders so they could all hold a significant chunk of land and that's why they were so impactful was because they were able to control such vast lands with their own ways of creating laws and governing their empires.

I learned Suleiman the Magnificent conquered the most amount of Autumn Empire

Some accomplishments of Akbar was he became an empire from a young age and expanded the mughal empire. He also united different religions. He ruled from 1556 to 1605. He also Conquered inada. He was resided by his uncles too which had to be tough for him so that was a struggle he had.

Some accomplishments of Aurangzeb where he expanded the military a lot. He used his large army to take over and conquer land and gain riches.

Some accomplishments of Shah Abbas was he strengthened the economy by establishing global trade links between Asia and Europe and revitalized the state religion Shi'a Islam which is still practiced today. He also made two armies that were loyal to him and him only.

I think that all these rulers that I met today impacted history by there new ideas that led them to expand an become better which in turn let to better ideas. They also pathed a way for empires in the future to grow because all the rulers I talked to today were growing at fast rates and expanding faster and faster so this was really a turning point in history. Now countries had the ideas and resources to grow and thrive and become bigger and better.

The second ruler i met was Shah Abbas. He strengthened the safavid military to take parts of the Ottoman empire it took over 10 years but he got it.

The third ruler i met was Mehmed ii the conqueror. He was strong in his military lifestyle his biggest accomplishment was his conquest of Constantinople.

The fourth ruler i met was Selim the grim. He killed all of his competition to be ruler even his family in order to become a ruler.

Selim the Grim was a pretty scary dude. He killed so many of his family members. He was scared that they would take power from him. He surrounded himself with a large army. He was able to double the size of the Ottoman Empire while he was in power. He was a strong dude, but scared. He was harsh and strict towards his army.

Aurangzeb was a super strict religious dude. He held strict religious ideas and kept his soldiers in line. He reclaimed old land. He was able to make the empire the largest in Mughal history and the richest.

Sulamin the Great was an awesome dude. He made a centralized government and married a slave to break the normalization. He was born into royalty and has kept a lifelong friend from when he was a little kid. He ruled for 46 years and was able to keep a stable legal system, and was able to increase land for the Ottomans.