Analyze+the+development+of+the+Portuguese+and+Mughal+Empires.

=Benjamin Nguyen=

THESIS:
With the voyage and exploration of Vasco de Gama around the Cape of Good Hope and in the Indian Ocean Basin, the [|Age of Discovery] was on its way, sparking feverish colonialism from the European powers. [|Portugal] expanded from a tiny country smushed between the Atlantic Ocean and Spain to a multi-continental empire, spanning from the India to Africa to most importantly Brazil with Indonesian and Atlantic islands in between. On the other hand, despite the fact that the [|Mughal Empire] existed only on a single subcontinent (South Asia), the rule was much more centralized. Where Portugal simply conquered and took advantage of the populace and resources of the foreign lands for the benefit and profit of the mother country, the Babur and Akbar unified the regional kingdoms of India to create a motherland.

__**Portuguese Empire**__
 * Exploration -> Discovery -> Trade -> Colonialism
 * Vasco de Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope
 * Establishes trade relations in Indian Ocean Basin
 * Settlements
 * Economic ventures - Brazil
 * [|Jesuit missions]
 * Slave trade - Africa (Scramble)
 * Colonized land for economic purposes ([|mercantilism])




 * __Mughal Empire__**
 * Babur (first emperor)
 * Conquered and replace Delhi Sultanate
 * Centralization of South Asia
 * Religious tolerance - Muslim rule of Hindu populace
 * Akbar (golden ruler)
 * Increased tolerance - [|Din-i-llahi]("Godism")
 * Unsuccessful combination of Islam, Hinduism, Christianity, and Buddhism
 * Added territory
 * Aurangzeb (tyrant ruler)
 * Ended tolerance; imposed Sharia law
 * Expanded India to its greatest extent
 * Legalistic - disregarded art/culture but reached military height

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