What structural similarities did the Mughal Empire have with the Ottoman Empire? How were their cultural challenges similar, and how were they different?
What will be an ideal response?
A. Structural similarities
1. conquest states that tended to leave the political, social, demographic,
and economic structures of their conquests largely intact and to exploit
them indirectly by levying tribute
2. both looked to investment in power and majesty, with rich returns in
the form of tribute and taxes
a. direct rule stayed relatively small area
b. existing power structures and local rulers remained in place
c. supplied money and manpower for future conquests
B. Similar cultural challenges
1. scope of empire brought a lot of cultural diversity
2. needed conquests to finance expansions
C. Different cultural challenges
1. Mughal Empire
a. religious tolerance was essential in an empire that straddled the
Hindu and Muslim worlds
b. ethnic and religious differences, economic jealousies divided elite
2. Ottoman Empire
a. degree of imperial authority could hardly be uniform in the
outlying parts of so extensive an empire
b. patchwork of different methods and conventions of rule that were
often hard to keep under close control
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