Period 3
Document Analysis
Blue Squares
Anna. Document 1Name: Reflections
Written by: The Emperor Kangxi (Chinese)
Date Written: 1671 - 1722 ?
Main Ideas: The main idea of this document, is about Kangxi personal reflections on the huge
imperial state and its bureaucracy. “My divines have often been tempted to pass over bad
auguries, but I have double-checked their calculations and warned them not to distort the truth”
His opinion about running the state: Leniency toward or tolerance of others within the state.
Merciful where possible; harsh possibilities.
Cate. Document 2Name: Memoirs
Written by: Jahangir, Mughal Emperor
Date Written: 1605 - 1627
Main Ideas: The main idea of this document, is to give Jahangir’s memoirs, who ruled the
Mughal state, following the reign of his famous father, Akbar. The Mughal empire gave South
Asia a period of political unity, and that’s what Jahangir’s memoirs are about.
Anna. Document 3Name: The Turkish Letters
Written by: Ogier Ghiselin De Busbecq, Flemish Diplomat
Date Written: 1555 - 1562
Main Ideas: The main idea of this document, is that the Ottoman Empire reached its greatest
territorial extent. This is also a view of Ogier Ghiselin De Busbecq’s view of the Ottoman court
and his view on the Ottoman military power. “Terror of the Turk”
Sarah- Document 4Name: Memoirs
Written by: Louis XIV
Date Written: 1670
Main Ideas: The main idea of this document, was about how the people’s bonds are important
and that the people were satisfied with what they had. The sun was an important symbol that
represented the nobles on how they represent life and support all living things. Altogether they
think the sun is important. He was the Sun...All things rotated around him. The State...it’s Me.