HIS 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Middle Passage, East India Company, Guru Nanak
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Prosperity in asia through the 16th century: mughal empire. The chinese (ming), indian (mughal), and ottoman empires had effective and esteemed rulers. Rivalries, religious revival, and the first mughal emperor: mughal empire was one of the world"s wealthiest and most powerful; power rested on their great military strength. Punjab governor invited turkish/mongol prince babur ( tiger ), the great grandson of. The mughal"s were above all a land empire (worked through tribute arrangements with local rajas and enterprising regional merchants who ran their own operations) Could compare to ottoman practice of overseeing diverse commerce among armenian, Even compares to the older mongol practice of ruling through local custom and local elites. Such arrangements allowed for poorer northern regions where mughal"s came from to exact tribute from a more agriculturally rich south (i. e. richer in rice production, access to coastal trade, more commercialized etc. ) Tribute money from the south went back to it in the form of luxury purchases for.
