What was the primary feature that distinguished the Mughal Empire from the Ottomans and Safavids? Explain your answer in detail
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Students should recognize that India was first and foremost a Hindu land, although controlled by a Muslim minority. Because India was geographically far from the Islamic homelands, distance lessened Muslim dominance and power. Centuries of separation and seclusion had consolidated Hindu culture, which did not easily adapt to Islam. The Mughals their name taken from the Persian word for Mongol also patterned many of their institutions after their Mongol forebears. Furthermore, they were more concerned with the sea than the Ottomans or Safavids and had closer links to the vast Indian Ocean and Southeast Asian trade network. Militarily, however, the Mughals had others fight most of their sea battles for them. Differences between Muslims and Hindus were the defining factor that distinguished the Mughal Empire from the Ottoman and Safavid Empires. The most successful of the Mughal emperors, Akbar, overcame those differences by marrying into a Hindu family and effecting a reconciliation between the two groups.
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