Throughout time there has always been the change of hands within governments and many countries have had many different rulers of its people and
territories however today you and I take a step into the past and learn about the Mughal Empire one that ruled India for about
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Yes, this is just a simple little 10 plus facts about the Mughal Empire, but I've been rather
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Let's look at India's great Mughal Empire one that ruled the world for such a long time
So the Mughal dynasty or Empire ran from somewhere around the 16th century, which they generally think it started in
1526 to about the 18th century and it was founded by a man by the name of Babur
now the thing is this guy was not Indian of descent and it's actually interesting to know that India alone has been
Controlled by a lot of individuals or families that were not from that region. For example
The british raj and things of that nature as a matter of fact Babur was a descendent of emperor timur who hailed from Kesh
chengetai
Canet, and was also considered Turko mongol, which is said to make him a descendant of genghis khan
Overall Babur hailed from where is becca stan now currently stands
So the question is well, why did he leave and go into India?
Well, he thought it was a great place to seek refuge during this time. India was ruled by the lordy dynasty
however after the first battle of
Panipat Babur and his forces used the tactic known as
Telugu in which they circled around Lord ease forces and defeated them the leader
Abraham lordy then died during that battle ending the lordy dynasty and thus bringing in the Goll dynasty
Now you may wonder to yourself
Why is it called the Mughal dynasty while McGaw basically comes from the word Mongol?
Which actually the first two descendants had Central Asian descent?
They were Turks in a sense and were Muslim
however
One of the most popular Emperor's from all of this dynasty is Akbar who was half Persian
Along there were others that were half Persian even half Rajput
Now interesting fact the Mughal dynasty was big it was so huge and during its peak around
1658 to
1707 it was the economic center of the world and the man in charge
Was the sixth Emperor known as our own Zeb?
You might be shocked to know that during this time the Mughal Empire actually made up 25% of the entire
World's GDP. It was a lot equally roughly around many think in ninety billion dollars
This is after they overtook China in being one of the biggest producers in the world, which was roughly around
1690 one place to really mention was the Bengal Sabah region which contributed 12% of the world's GDP
And about 50% of the Mughal dynasty's GDP and it also made up
40% of Dutch imports outside of Europe pretty cool because the Dutch even had a permanent trading post there
now one of the reasons this area made so much money was because it was known heavily for its textile manufacturing and
Shipbuilding Dhaka for example was the capital of this region and was also the financial center of the Mughal Empire
Speaking of which that also reminds me the Mughal Empire had three different capitals throughout its time
These were known as Lahore Agra and fatehpur sikri
Agra was capital from
1556 to about
1648 Lahore also had it from the 16th to 18th century Fanta percy curry was from
1571 to
1585 however
It was abandoned due to a campaign in Punjab and it was completely abandoned by
1610 in today's world all three of these locations either have forts or structures within these cities that are now
considered you Skol World Heritage Sites
So they're pretty important places now to jump back a little bit like when I say the Mughal Empire was huge
I mean it not economically it was huge. It was also a huge territory
having over 4 million square kilometers
Which many people believe that is the largest territory that has ever existed and was centralized around India now
I am not sure how that compares with the British Raj at its peak. So don't quote me on that
however
Within these borders they say there was roughly
100 to 150 million people living under this rule meaning that they also had a quarter of the world's population
Now during the long period of the Mughal Empire many people wonder what the official language was
Well, most believe that it was actually Persian for me
One of the most impressive things about the Mughal Empire was its architecture
It really stands out and it makes India India with most Mughal buildings having nice round domes
You can definitely identify them from the era. For example the Taj Mahal
Which is one of the most visited structures in the entire world
Either way guys that is just a little bit of a look at the Mughal Empire and some facts about it
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