timur and the mughal empire

a good example to evil kings is?

Shah Jahan

what did barbar create

a huge empire in northern india and it slowly spread south as the mughals fought more and more small indian kingdoms

where were the mughals originally from?

afghanistan

what did the period of peace allow?

allowed trade to increase and this improved the economy

what weapons did they used?

any weapons that used gunpowder

why did many people want to be apart of the empire?

because it was a period when warfare ceased

what was timur's best weapon

brutality

what was shah jahan most famous for?

building the Taj Mahal in northern india

where was timur the turkish warrior king from?

central asia

what did the indians always seem to be?

disorganized and they often fought each other

what did aurangzeb use to try and convert many indians to islam

force

what did aurangzeb did not believe in

freedom of religion

what was timur's campaigns in india marked by

genocide on a massive scale and it was inflicted mainly on india's hindu's population

zamindurs were not only tax collectors what else were they?

governors of the region as well

what happened to timur as a child?

he broke his leg and live the rest of his life with an extreme limp

what did timur claim why he destroyed delhi?

he claimed he was justified in conquering another islamic nation because, as he said; the muslim delhi sultanate was too tolerant toward its hindu subjects

how did timur deal with this problem?

he dug out a trench in front of his army so that the elephants couldnt cross them

what did aurangzeb do this brothers?

he killed them like his dad

how did timur win against the indians?

he set his camels on fire and made them chase the elephants then he entered delhi and destroyed the city

what did aurangzeb stop

he stopped the building of new hindu temples and tore down many older hindu temples

how did barbar conquer the indians

he took advantage of the lack of unity

when barbar died, his grandson, Akbar did what to the empire?

he took over and made the mughal empire even larger

what happened to shah jahan

he was locked in prison for the rest of his life

what did shah jahan do to his brothers?

he was not compassionate towards his brothers so he killed them

what does the word mughal mean

hindi word for mongol

akbar was muslim but what other religions did he tolerate?

hinduism and buddhism

who overthrew shah jahan?

his son, Aurangzeb

after he died who fought for the throne but what happened to them?

his sons and grandsons but after the death of timur, the indian states managed to remove timur's descendants from power and forced them out of india

what was the reality of why timur wanted india

india was the richest country in his part of the world and he wanted it

the expense of bulding the taj mahal and done what to his kingdom?

it bankrupted his kingdom and led to his downfall

what happened to his empire when timur died?

it quickly collapsed

why did he build the taj mahal?

it was a shrine for the one person he trusted his wife, Mumtaz Mahal

the mughals renaissance focused on what?

literature like poetry and history

what was he in love with?

luxury

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mug

what religion was timur?

muslim

what religion was akbar

muslim like barbar

did the limp affect him?

no he was able to ride horses

what were his people

nomadic

what did sultan mahmud khan put on the elephant's tusks?

poison and that scared timur's army

his love of luxury and lack of concern for the people caused him to do what?

raise taxes which added to the suffering of the poor

when the persians left, india broke up into small kingdoms led by princes called

rajas

what did timur claim?

that he was a descendant of timujin

who had his people fought against?

the giant mongol army

who were the mughals related to?

the mongols

after the death of akbar what drastically changed in the mughal empire?

the mughals kings became more intolerant and hateful of other religions

what was this period called?

the period of peace

the mughals were descended from who?

the warriors who had once been in timur's army

what did the individual states do?

they rebelled and the mughals sent armies to bring them back into the empire

what did the mughals contributed?

they unified and conquered india with the aid of a popular lead named Barbar

what did timur see himself as

timujin (genghis khan)

what did timur do to the city of delhi?

timur slaughtered the residents and then ordered the city to be redeuced to rubble.

by 1739, the rival persian empire saw the fighting in india and use the opportunity to do?

to destroy the mughals so they invaded and burned the capital of delhi to the ground this was the end of the mughal empire

what were the zamindurs allowed to keep?

to keep a percentage of taxes they collected for themselves

what did the mughals do to ancient aryan literature

translated them into modern indian languages

by 1730, timur's army of conquered all of what countries?

turkey, arabia, persia, and india

what did akbar call tax collectors

zamindurs

what did the army of Sultan Mahmud Khan had prepared to fight timur with?

120 war elephants armored with chain mail

how many people did timur's forces kill???

19 million people during their conquests most of them in india

how long did timur rule?

30 years

what masterpieces was translated

Mahabharata and Ramayana which were originally written in sanskrit