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List of Benchmarks for World History 
 Standard 28.Understands how large territorial empires dominated much of Eurasia between the 16th and 18th centuries
  
Topics1. Safavid and Mughal empires; 2. Empires and imperialism; 3. Rise and decline of societies and civilizations; 4. Role of individuals in history; 5. Nomadic peoples
   Level IV (Grade 9-12)
  Benchmark 6.Understands the origins and development of the Safavid Empire (e.g., how Ismail created the Safavid Empire with the support of Qizilbash nomadic tribesmen; the evolution of Safavid social and political system from the nomadic-warrior years of Ismail to the golden age of Shah Abbas I)
   Vocabulary terms
A.  origins of the Safavid Empire
B.  influences on the development of the Safavid Empire
  Knowledge/skill statements
  1. Understands the origins of the Safavid Empire   
  2. Understands events in the development of the Safavid Empire   
  3. Knows how Ismail created the Safavid Empire with the support of Qizilbash nomadic tribesmen   
  4. Understands the evolution of Safavid social and political system from the nomadic warrior years of Ismail to the golden age of Shah Abbas I   


Citation Log: BD(R;​WE,187)
Citation reference
BD = benchmark, declarative
BP = benchmark, procedural
BC = benchmark, contextual

1st letter/number of each code in parentheses:
B   NCHS: Basic Edition
L   Lessons from History
W   NCHS: World History, expanded edition

2nd letter code :
E = Explicitly stated in document
I = Implicit in document

Number:
Page number of the cited document