Delhi+Sultanate

CHART: Delhi Sultinates (India) NAME: Delhi Sultanate · **Leaders, Elites** · **State Structure** · **War** · **Diplomacy, Treaties** · **Courts, Laws** || -Established by the Turks in 1206 -Very systematic rule, although “their small numbers and internal conflicts allowed only a very modest penetration of Indian society”. -Sultans were Sunni Muslims -Used the military to put down any rebellions || · **Type of System** · **Technology, Industry** · **Trade, Commerce** · **Capital/Money** · **Types of Businesses** || -Hindus were taxed heavily -Common currency was established -Trade was promoted and improved || · **Holy Books** · **Beliefs, Teachings** · **Conversion** · **Sin/Salvation** · **Deities** || -Islam became more appealing to low-caste Hindus who converted -Some converted to avoid the tax demanded from non-Muslims -Sufis were especially popular -However Islam was only able to claim 20-25% of India’s population -Religous rivalries always threatened to disintegrate the Delhi Sultanate || · **Family** · **Gender Relations** · **Social Classes** · **Inequalities** · **Life Styles** || -Sharp cultural divide between Hindu and Muslim communities -Hindu caste system remained in place, keeping inequalities and gender relations the same -Plundered Hindu temples -Ruling elite would sometimes marry women from prominent Hindu families, though they were converted to Islam || · **Art, Music** · **Writing, Literature** · **Philosophy** · **Math & Science** · **Education** || -The sultans built mosques and religious schools -Employed legal scholars and judges to serve the schools -Had weapons like crossbows and horse stirrups made from iron -Armies had cavalry specialist and archers || · **Location** · **Physical** · **Movement** · **Human/Environment** · **Region** || -Encompassed most of northern India -Muslim communities remained in the Punjab region in northern India - ||
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