World History › Section O · Asian and African trade worlds › Topic O.1
Mughal India and international connections
Around 1600, India was one of the richest and most populous regions on earth, and its cotton cloth was traded from East Africa to Indonesia. This topic follows the Mughal emperors who ruled most of it, the merchant ports of Gujarat, the rise of the Marathas, and the Europeans who arrived by sea.
In this topic
- A subcontinent at the centre of trade
- Babur founds an empire
- Akbar builds a lasting state
- Akbar and religion
- Worked example: why Akbar's approach held
- Jahangir, Nur Jahan and Shah Jahan
- Gujarat and its merchant communities
- Aurangzeb and the Marathas
- Worked example: explaining Mughal decline
- Europeans by sea
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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