Starter quiz
- The way leaders manage relationships with other rulers and countries is called...
- 'diplomacy' ✓
- Someone who is sent or kept away from their own country is said to have been...
- exiled ✓
- executed
- rewarded
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- At the Battle of Kanauj Emperoror Humayan was defeated by Sher...
- 'Shah' ✓
- Match the event to the year in which it took place.
- Mughals lose control of Gujarat⇔1537 ✓
- Humayun’s brothers rebel against him⇔1538 ✓
- Sher Shah wins the Battle of Chausa⇔1539 ✓
- Humayun forced into exile⇔1540 ✓
- During his years in exile, Humayan received support from the ______ emperor.
- 'Persian' ✓
- Humayan reconquered India in...
- '1555' ✓
Exit quiz
- After the Second Battle of Panipat the Mughals gained 120 war...
- horses
- elephants ✓
- ships
- engines
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- The Mughals' capture of the Sultanate of Gujurat was important because it contained many...
- 'ports' ✓
- During the 1570s, soldiers from __________ often changed sides to fight with the Mughals?
- Gujarat
- Bengal ✓
- Deccan
- Rajput
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- In 1567 Emperor Akbar declared that the war against the Kingdom of Mewar was a...
- 'jihad' ✓
- Akbar gained power over most Rajput kingdoms through...
- conversion
- warfare
- trade
- diplomacy ✓
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- Which of these best describes Akbar's policy towards religion in the Kingdom of Amber?
- Akbar granted freedom of religious worship to the Kingdom of Amber. ✓
- Akbar forced the Kingdom of Amber to convert to Islam.
- Akbar forced the Kingdom of Amber to convert to Hinduism.
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Key learning points
- Mughal power at the start of Akbar's reign was not fully secure.
- Akbar expanded the size of the Mughal Empire.
- Akbar was a strong military leader who conquered many rival states.
- Akbar also used diplomacy to help expand the empire.
Common misconception
Akbar is remembered as a strong military leader because he only used violence to expand the Mughal Empire.
Akbar used a variety of methods to expand the Mughal Empire. In some cases, such as to gain control over the Rajput states, diplomacy was more important for expansion under Akbar than violence.
Keywords
Jihad - in Islam, a jihad is a religious struggle against evil in society; wars against non-Muslims were often declared as jihads
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