6. THE MUGHAL EMPIRE
❏ THE MUGHAL EMPIRE GREW OUT OF DESCENDANTS OF THE MONGAL
EMPIRE WHO WERE LIVING IN TURKESTAN IN THE 15th CENTURY
❏ THEY HAD BECAME MUSLIMS AND ASSIMILATED THE CULTURE OF
THE MIDDLE EAST,WHILE KEEPING ELEMENTS OF THEIR FAR
EASTERN ROOTS
❏ THEY ALSO RETAINED THE GREAT MILITARY SKILL AND CUNNING OF
THEIR MONGOL ANCESTORS, AND WERE AMONG THE FIRST WESTERN
MILITARY LEADERS TO USE GUNS
7.
8. GREAT KINGS OF MUGHALS
❏ BABUR
❏ HUMAYUN
❏ AKBAR
❏ JAHANGIR
❏ SHAH JAHAN
❏ AURANGZEB
22. WORKSHEET - 20
1. BECAUSE OF AKBAR SUCCESS HE WAS LATER NAMED “
AKBAR ________________
2. HUMAYUN‘S MANY DEFEATS EVENTUALLY FORCED HIM
TO ASK _____________ OF ___________ FOR HELP
3. _______________ WENT TO INDIA AFTER HIS CONQUEST OF
SAMARKAND TO AVOID CONFLICT WITH THE UZBERS IN
________ AND THE _____________ DYNASTY IN
_____________
4. ____________ ENDED THE MUGHAL EMPIRE’S RELIGIOUSLY
TOLERANT NATURAL BY IMPOSING ORTHODOX ISLAM
POLICIES
5. JAHANGIR’S QUEEN ______________ BECOME THE DEFACTO
EMPEROR OF THE MUGHAL EMPIRE AT THE SOME POINT
31. SUBJECT ENRICHMENT
ACTIVITY
YOU HAVE INHERITED A KINGDOM [ REMEMBER
BABUR AND AKBAR WERE ABOUT YOUR AGE WHEN
THEY BECAME RULERS ] HOW WOULD YOU MAKE
YOUR KINGDOM STABLE AND PROSPEROUS IN 20
CENTURY .