This e-book is designed to make learning easier and more enjoyable. It explores two short summaries of important turning points for grade 10 history. The summaries focus on people and events in time, and how this affected world history. The e-book has activities, videos, and guidelines to enrich one's understanding of the content.
7. TOPIC 2: The
Mughal Empire
Evidence from as far back as 3000 BC indicates that India
has a long history. India had been invaded by the Greeks,
Mongols, and Arabs over many years (Bottaro, Visser &
Worden, 2011).
India was renowned for its richness in precious stones,
spices, and silk as well as for its trade opportunities and
fertile terrain (Bottaro, Visser & Worden, 2011).
The Mughals were a Muslim kingdom that originated in
Persia, or what is now Iran. In Indian society, men held
political and economic sway, while women were seen as
their inferiors (Bottaro, Visser & Worden, 2011).
In the Mughal empire, the mistresses and spouses of the
nobility and aristocracy were kept out of sight in separate
rooms known as harems. Under the Mughals, trade
flourished and significant merchant settlements with ties to
China arose (Bottaro, Visser & Worden, 2011).
8. Topic two
continued…
The Mughal court developed into a
superior intellectual and cultural
hub than those in Europe at the
time during the rule of Akbar, the
emperor of the Mughal Empire.
Scholars, artists, and travelers
were all invited to his court, and he
developed a library of books. Many
people at the time loved the
architecture of Mughal India, which
included the Red Ford in Delhi, a
royal palace built out of red
sandstone, and the Taj Mahal in
Agra built as a marble tomb for his
wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Learning and
sciences flourished in Mughal India
and astronomy was one of those
sciences (Bottaro, Visser &
Worden, 2011).
https://youtu.be/nbuM0aJjVgE
11. ACTIVITY 2: THE MUGHAL EMPIRE
W ORK IN A GROUP OF 3, EACH PERSON
ANSW ERS ONE QUESTION.
12. KEYWORDS
DEFINED
• Dynasty: A ruling family where power is
passed on from one generation to the other.
• Fertile: Soil or land capable of produce.
• Harems: Separate parts of houses where
woman are kept.
• Gunpowder: Explosive material
• BC: Before Christ
