Your answer requires a well-developed response, which should include a clear thesis and strong supporting evidence from lecture and readings.

Your answer requires a well-developed response, which should include a clear thesis and strong supporting evidence from lecture and readings. Strong answers will discuss all regions, time periods, and peoples discussed in this section. (50 pts)

Religion was crucial to most empires between 1400 and 1800. What are three of the most important ways religion shaped empires and changed the world?