Chapter 14: Empires And Encounters Part 2

The remaining pages of Chapter 14 mostly revolves around the Russian and Asian Empires.  The Russian Empire at that time became the world's largest state.  It was centered in Moscow where it emerged form Mongol rule.  As we learned last semester, the Mongol's conquered by force where they completely wiped out villages and cities.  Through the use of organization and modern weapons, the Russian Empire grew fast.  The Russian empire was diverse and lasted for a long time until it's fall 1991, which was when the Soviet Union collapsed.  It lasted for a long time.  The Asian Empires on the other hand were more regional than global.  The interesting thing was that the Asian Empire did not deal with any diseases like other empires since they were expanding to new places.