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mughal empire
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what does mughals mean | mongols |
| who destroyed the city of delhi | timer the lame |
| how old was babur when he took the throne | 11 years old |
| how did babur become a brilliant general | led 12000 troops to victory against an army of 100000 defeated a massive rajput army |
| who is hamayun | babur's son |
| was humayan able to keep the land that babur gained | no he lost most of the territotes |
| who was akbar | babur's grandson |
| what does the name of akbar mean | great |
| what did akbar recognize as the root of his strength and why | hie recognized military strength, so neighbors wont try to conquer him |
| how did akbar use artillery | used cannons to break into the walls of cities |
| how did akbar appointing rajputs as generals prove his political wisdom | it turned potential enemies into allies |
| once akbar was done unifying the land, how many people lived there | 100 million people |
| waht religion was akbar | muslim |
| how did akbar view other religions | he permitted people of other religions to practice their faiths |
| how did akbar prove his tolerance | married hindu princessess, abolished both tax on hindu pilgrams, and the hated jizya(tax on non-muslims) |
| jizya | tax on non-muslims |
| how did akbar prove his tolerance concerning the jizya | he abolished it |
| who could rise to high office in akbars gov't | native, foreigners, hindus and muslims |
| todar mal effective taxation policy | levied a tax similar to present-day US gradurated income tax, calculating it as a percentage of the value of the peasants crops |
| why didn't the children of bueracrats inherit their parents land | akabr recalimed the lands and distrubuted them as he saw fit |
| what 3 languages were used in the mugal empire | persian(akbars court and of high culture), hindi(the common people), urdu(mughals armies), |
| how was akbar able to build an immese empire | arts, lit and arch. |
| when did akbar die | 1605 |
| who was jahangir | akbars son |
| who did jahangir leave the affairs of the state to | nor jahan |
| who was nur jahan | jahangirs wife |
| who were the sikhs | nonviolent religious groups |
| why did jahangirs son, khusrau, seek shelter with the sikhs | he was remved from mughal court. he turned to the sikhs |
| what happened to the sikhs leader for shelting khusrau | mugal rulers arrested and tortured him death |
| who succeeded jahangir | shah jahan |
| whar were shah jahan's two main passions in life | beautful buildings and mumtaz mahal |
| who was mumtaz mahal | shah jahans's wife |
| how did mumtaz mahal die | giving birth to her 14th child |
| what did shah jahan build for his wife and what purpose did it serve | taj mahal, most beautiful building in the world |
| who overthrew his father and put him in prison | aurangzeb |
| even though the mughal empire expanded to its greatest size, waht was the happening aurangzeb's empire | it was weakening |
| how did aurangzeb treat his subjects | he oppressed his people |
| what did he outlaw and how did he monitor the poeple | outlawed drinking, gambling, and other actvites. he appointed censors to watch his subjects |
| who did aurangzeb want to eliminate | marathas |
| how many people died while aurangzeb was out waging war | over 2 million |
| who were the first europeans to reach india | portugeuse |
| what port did aurangzeb casually hand over to the enlish | bombay |
| why did the empire weaken under the rule of aurangzeb |
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