- Russia
- Ottoman Empire
- India (Mughals)
- Religion and Social Structure
- Islam & Hindu
- The Mughals that took over are Islam, but the population was primarily Hindu
- Akbar Achievements
- Reorganized the government
- Established government bureaucracy
- Appointed army officers as regional governors
- Efficient tax collection system
- Monumental Architecture
- Harnessed religion, art, and culture as political tools
- Fatehpur Sikri
- New capital city architecture that included Persian and Native Indian influences
- Religious Tolerance
- Started off as a Muslim
- Included Hindus as government officials!
- Married a Hindu princess!
- Sponsored conferences between Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jains
- Harnessed Religion, Art, and Culture as political tools
- Din-I - Ilahi
- New religion!
- Akbar = God's representative on earth
- Includes ethical beliefs from all religions! (be a good person)
- Doesn't include theological dogma (core beliefs about the nature of god)
- Abu Fazi
- An official court historian who wrote the:
- Abkbarnama
- Biography of Akbar that made him look like a god or someone who was that goddamn awesome
- Propaganda
- Speech, art, or expression designed to influence political opinion
- China (Qing Dynasty)
- Basic Political Information
- Manchus
- An ethnic group northeast of the Chinese heartland that invaded in the 1630s
- 1644
- Qing dynasty was established
- 1750
- Qing dynasty controls "heartland" of China (Han
- Manchuria (northeast)
- Tibet
- Xinjiang
- Central Asia
- Populated by Turkish Muslims and other groups
- Nasty af Manchu haircuts where half the head's hair was cut and then the rest of the hair was braided into a queue
- Cultural dresses
- Qipaos were actually Manchurian
- The long robes were actually traditional, but were banned from use during Manchurian rule
- Elites
- Cultural Techniques of Enhancing Prestige
- Qing emperors became expert poets/calligraphers
- Truly some of the best calligraphers in all Chinese history
- Cultural Techniques of Enhancing Prestige
- The Summer Palace
- Incorporates Han architectural style
- Lake and garden copied from examples in Southern China
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