Chapter 18.3: Mughal Empire

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Chapter 18.3Mughal Empire
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I. Origins

• A. Located in India
• B. Muslims and Hindus clashed
• C. Turkish warlords (descendents of Mongols)
• established Delhi Sultanate
• 1. Delhi capital

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II. Babur Established the Mughal Empire

• A. Conquered part of India
• 1. used elephants, guns, artillery
• 2. unsuccessful at unifying India
• B. Traded guns along silk road
• C. Advocate of arts
• D. Wrote history of India

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III. Akbar 1556-1605

• A. Indias greatest ruler Grandson of Babur
• B. Muslim
• 1. Religious tolerance
• toward all religions,
• esp. Hindus
• 2. Married women of
• various faiths, even
• Christian and allowed
• them to practice their
• faiths

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• C. Military commander
• D. Bureaucracy w/ Muslims and non-Muslims
• E. Finance
• 1. eliminated the non-Muslim tax
• 2. eliminated Hindu pilgrim tax
• 3. established a graduated income tax
• Had a personal library of 24,000 books
• 1. could not read

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IV. Art

• A. Supported by Sultans
• B. Library
• C. Taj Mahal - tomb
• D. Peacock Throne

V. Empire fell b/c of religious tensions with
later rulers, famine and increasing taxes
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Taj Mahal
Peacock Throne
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