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Who founded the Mughal Dynasty in India?
Babur
Akbar
Genghis Khan
Gandhi
The head of the Delhi Sultanate government is called the ____________________.
emperor
sultan
king
Genghis
Who is considered the greatest Mughal ruler?
Babur
Akbar
Aurangzeb
Jahangir
Akbar the Great improved his empire in all these areas EXCEPT:
tax system
religious tolerance
economic improvements
world wide exploration
Ruler that built the Taj Mahal for his wife to serve as a tomb.
Akbar
Shah Jahan
Babur
none of these
This ruler was a religious conservative who did not allow freedom of religion.
Akbar
Aurangzeb
Shah Jahan
Babur
This ruler imprisoned his father, killed his brothers, and took the throne for himself.
Babur
Shah Jahan
Akbar
Aurangzeb
The Mughal Empire was situated in what modern nation?
Iran
India
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
Eventually, which major European country will colonize in India
Germany
Great Britain
Spain
Italy
What is the correct location of the Mughal Empire
Akbar tried to convert his subjects to a syncretic (blended) religion of Hindu and Islam as an attempt to reconcile the two, but failed as it proved to be unpopular. This was called Din-i-llahi, meaning __________________.
Divine Ruler
Divine Faith
Supreme Ruler
Ultimate Cosmic Power
Sikhism, a new religion developed from Hinduism, had supposedly inspired this Islamic mysticism known as ________.
Sikh
Sufi
Urdu
Zamindar
Which empires did Babur draw inspiration from when he established the Mughal empire's government? (Choose 2)
Ottoman
Safavid
Russia
Qing China
This group of government officials were in charge of specific duties such as taxation, construction, and water supply.
Sultans
Zamindars
Sufism
Castes
A contributing factor to the decline of gunpowder empires was the existence of a "shadow government" represented by __________.
the harem.
the military.
fraticide.
religious differences.
Amy Chua's thesis about the eventual failure of gunpowder empires was that _________________________ ultimately became an obstacle to retaining great power, thus being a factor as to why the Ottoman Empire outlived the Safavid and Mughal Empires.
intolerance
weak military
ineffective leadership
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