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     This section was on the second half of Chapter 14. It mainly talked about the Russian Empire and the Asian Empires. It start explaining the Russian Empire and how it became the world's largest state. It was centered on the city of Moscow and emerged from the Mongol rule. Last semester the Mongols were quite interesting to learn about. They conquered by force and completely wiped out villages and cities in order to to take them over. The Russian empire grew quite fast with the use of organization and modern weapons. It became a very diverse empire. It was stunned to see that the Russian empire lasted until 1991 which was when the Soviet Union collapsed.
     The Asian empires were rather regional than global. I found it interesting that the Asian empires didnt have to deal with the devastation of diseases like most empired did because they were expanding into new places. This helped their population thrive. The book focused on the China empire also known as the Qing Dynasty, the Mughal empire which was in India, and the Ottoman Empire. The ottoman empire was known for its Islamic world. But they also had many christians in the empire which I thought was interesting that they were tolerance of having a second religion in the empire. I liked the quote they put in the book that a European ambassador said fearfully talking about the Turkish people, the ottoman empire. It showed the empire was powerful and that others almost admired it.