A Historical overview of the Mughal Empire Babur In 1525, a minor Afghan chieftain called Babur, invaded northwest India. The ruler of the Delhi sultanate, the large state which covered much of northern India at that time, moved up to meet him. The two sides met at the Battle of Panipat, in April 1526. There, […]
Asia
Islamic Caliphate
Impelled by their new Islamic faith, in the 7th and 8th centuries Arab armies created one of the largest empires known to world history. This empire is referred to as the Caliphate, and it was under this empire that a distinctly Islamic civilization emerged.
The Mongol Empire
The Mongol Empire was not a civilization in the strict sense of the word, but by being the largest land empire in world history it had a huge impact on the Chinese, Islamic and European civilizations.
The Delhi Sultanate
Islam comes to South Asia The first major incursion of Islam into the Indian subcontinent came in the early 8th century, when armies of the Muslim Caliphate occupied Makhran, Sindh and Multan, all in what is now Pakistan. Islam thus established a firm foothold in South Asia, but attempts to make further advances at this […]