INDIAN Age of Exploration (and mughal empire)

How did the Mughals come to power?

Who were mughals?

muslims who created empire in India in 1500 - 1700

established peace and stability throughout indian subcontinent

India's golden age

- during Mughals rule

- They made architecture and art (to show their power)

Akbar (good things)

-institutes tolerance for all the groups in India 👍

-creates a sense of unity

-tried to expand Mughal territory

Akbar (bad things)

-Akbar is like "i was chosen by god to be leader ayy so don't oppose me or ur opposing god 😜"

-slaughtered thousands of ppl to keep control...

-move infants to a special house where no one was to talk to them so they could find... the real human language...

Aurangzeb

-came around at the height of age of exploration

-He discriminates against non-muslims - OPPOSITE OF AKBAR

-wanted to force everyone to be muslim which disunited the empire until british came and conquered

Aurengzeb's reign is defined by:

-Cultural issues

-Economic issues

-Smth else lol

Mughal Empire strengths

-Nationalism: unity (under akbar)

-Acceptance (under akbar)

-Tax system

-Bureaucracy

-Flourishing economy

-Arts + architecture

Mughal Empire Weaknesses

-Discrimination (under zeb)

-Disunity (under zeb)

-Infighting

India After European Arrival

-Portuguese came and killed many muslim and destroyed sacred islamic buildings

-eventually a british east india company comes back to dominate most of the Indian subcontinent