World history

World history

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World history

The Mughal Empire was an imperial power in the Indian subcontinent from about 1526 to 1761 (though it lingered for another century). The Mughal emperors were Muslims and direct descendants of Genghis ...

jizya

History; World history

Under Islamic law, jizya is a per capita tax levied on a section of an Islamic state's non-Muslim citizens. From the point of view of the Muslim rulers, jizya was a material proof of the non-Muslims' ...

Babur

History; World history

First Mughal emperor (r.1501-30). Driven from Ferghana by the Uzbegs in 1501, he launched a series of attempts to invade India, culminating with his victory over Sultan Ibrahim Lodi at Panipat ...

paleontology

History; World history

The scientific study of life in the past, especially through the study of fossils is called as paleontology.

Tanya Savicheva

History; World history

Tatiana Nikolayevna Savicheva (23 January 1930 - 1 July 1944) was a Soviet child diarist who endured the Siege of Leningrad during World War II. She was the youngest of five children and had to dig ...

turcopole

History; World history

In the Crusades, turcopoles, turcoples, turcopoli or turcopoliers meaning "sons of Turks" in Greek were locally recruited mounted archers employed by the Christian states of the Eastern ...