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1 Click here for hook video 
(India) The mughal empire

2 HISTORY OF INDIA IN 1400S Very lush country with many cities & temples
Hindu lower classes labored for Muslim/Hindu masters Gupta Empire collapsing 1st Ottomans (Timur the Lame) conquers New Delhi, then… Huge clash between Hindus (India) & Muslims (Ottomans)  Hindus won Delhi is destroyed and weak

3 BABUR 1494 – 11 yr. old boy, BABUR, inherits
kingdom northwest of India  But elders drove him away He moved south & later set groundwork for Mughal Empire Strong & sensitive leader; “Renaissance Man” Defeated massive RAJPUT army (“sons of kings” or Turkish warlords & moved into Delhi Area weak, so nomadic people invade India, called Mughals or “Mongols” (Muslim)

4 AKBAR: THE GOLDEN AGE Grandson of Babur; aka “Great One”
1556 – 1605: comes to power, gains land & builds a unified Mughal Empire – Golden Age He is a Muslim

5 AKBAR’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS, SLIDE 1 (1 of 3)
Rules with religious tolerance Abolishes special taxes on non-Muslims Bureaucracy of educated officials rules efficiently Reorganized taxes to represent % of crops (more $) War-like – armies are equipped with heavy artillery Employs some potential enemies Strongly utilized composite bow & arrow weaponry

6 AKBAR’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS, SLIDE 2
Strongly utilized new weapons of war: Composite bow & arrow horse archery Damascus Swords Rockets War Elephants

7 MUGHAL COMPOSITE BOW AND ARROW HORSE ARCHERY Video

8 DAMASCUS SWORDS Video

9 ROCKETS!! Video

10 WAR ELEPHANTS Video

11 AKBAR’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS SLIDE 3
Cultural diffusion – many cultures/languages combined Upper class spoke Persian Common people spoke Hindi (Persian & local language) Army people spoke Urdu (Arabic, Persian & Hindi) book illustrations – miniatures were detailed, colorful stories library & schools architecture – massive, graceful, decorated with stonework of Hindu themes

12 JAHANGIR Akbar dies in 1605; his son rules aka “Grasper of the World”
weak ruler & relied on his wife, NUR JAHEN Raises taxes & neglects people Persecutes Sikhs religion that blends Buddhism, Hinduism, & mysticism Ended religious toleration

13 SHAH JAHAN Secured the throne through assassination of all rivals
Greatest accomplishment: built TAJ MAHAL as a tomb for his deceased wife, Mumtaz Mahal BUT country suffered because spent so much time & money to build it  increased taxes

14 TAJ MAHAL VIDEO

15 Specs of the Taj Mahal Video

16 AURANGZEB Shah Jahan is sick so 3rd son, AURANGZEB, takes throne
(kills brother & puts S. Jahan in prison) EXPANDS MUGHAL EMPIRE TO ITS GREATEST SIZE BUT empire is weak because of oppression of his people (harsh laws & destroys temples)

17 EMPIRE’S DECLINE & DECAY
Long line of weak rulers  Mughal Emperor now only a wealthy figurehead Empire no longer united because of corruption; now a bunch of independent states

18 EUROPEANS MOVE IN TO TRADE
Europeans (Portuguese, Dutch, French, & English) had trading outposts set up in Mughal Empire the whole time  Mughals were not threatened by them Aurangzeb gave them port of Bombay  big mistake , BIG important city for trade in the future. TRADE: British wanted Indian textiles, mostly COTTON & SPICES

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20 Crash Course Video Summarizes the Mughal Empire’s leaders: Akbar and Aurangzeb gE


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