1. Ch 2.3

2.  Commonly known as Mongols
◦ Descendents of Muslim Turks
Afghans
 Turks able to invade because of
300 year battle between Muslim
Hindu
◦ Conquered area called Delhi Sultanate
 Timur the Lame destroyed Delhi
◦ Caused great disunity
 Babur
◦ Began the building of a great army
◦ His grandson unifies area
◦ Much like Alexander the Great and
his dad

3.  Believed a king must always be aggressive
◦ Used heavy artillery (break through walls)
 Unified 100 million people (more than all of
Europe)
 Cultural blending
◦ Islamic tradition of religious freedom
◦ Abolished taxes related to religions
 Bureaucracy
◦ Many officials ran the gov’t at all levels
◦ Income tax much like US