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| 11835056611 | Babur (the Tiger) | claimed he was a descendent of Chinggis Khan and Timberlane. With the aid of gunpowder weapons, including both artillery and firearms, he mounted an invasion in 1523 and 1525, ahdn took Delhi in 1526. He is the founder of the Mughal Empire, which would eventually embrace almost all of the Indian subcontinent. | 0 | |
| 11835060548 | Akbar | (1556-1605) the real architect of the Mughal empire. He created a centralized administrative structure with ministries regulating the various providences of the empire. He believed in religious tolerance. | 1 | |
| 11835065070 | Aurangzeb | (1659-1707) the Mughal empire reached its greatest extent under this ruler. He expanded the empire into the southern tip of India. He forced Islam on all subjects and destroyed many famous Hindu temples and replaced them with Mosques. | 2 | |
| 11835067896 | Sufism | a mystical belief and practice, formed an important Islamic tradition. The goal of Sufi mystic, was to recover lost intimacy between God and the human soul, and to find the truth of the divine God. | 3 | |
| 11835070784 | The Dynastic State | the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires were all military creations, regarded by their rulers as their personal possessions by right of conquest. These rulers exercised personal command of the armies, appointed and dismissed officials at will and adopted whatever policies they wished. | 4 | |
| 11835074857 | Steppe Traditions | in these empires the ruler's relatives often managed components of the states, and succession to the throne became a hot contest between competing members of the family. In some empires, murder and complete destruction was commons. | 5 | |
| 11835079869 | Rene Descartes | encouraged the educated to develop a skeptical approach on learning. | 6 | |
| 11835083970 | Francis Bacon | advocated empirical research based on observations and carefully obtained data. | 7 | |
| 11835087964 | Jean Jacques Rousseau | Frenchmen who believed that education of all was the key to a successful society. | 8 |
