AMSCO - 1.3 Reading Notes - AP History well solved 2024/2025

AMSCO - 1.3 Reading Notes - AP HistoryDelhi sultanate - correct answers 1. Reigned for 300 years, from the 13th through the 16th centuries 2. Imposed a tax called the jizya on all non-Muslim subjects of the empire 3. Never organized an efficient bureaucracy in the style of the Chinese. Because of this, sultans had difficulty imposing their policies in a land as large and diverse as India. 3. Sultans wanted to extend their rule southward. They became focused on themselves from an invasion by the Mongol army from the northwest. This Sultanate prevented the Mongols themselves from conquering South Asia. In 1526, the sultans lost power to a new empire, the Mughals, whose leaders did trace their ancestry to the Mongols. Jizya - correct answers The tax that the Delhi Sultanate imposed on all non-Muslim subjects of the empire. Proselytize - correct answers 1. Actively seek converts 2. Islam wanted to do this, but found out that forcing their Hindu and Buddhist subjects to convert was unsuccessful. Caste system - correct answers 1. Caste system defines the social rank of individuals. 2. People thought converting to Islam would improve their status 3. Islam did not have a huge impact on India's caste system Qutub Minar - correct answers 1. Stands in the southern part of Delhi 2. Example of Islamic architecture built during the Delhi Sultanate 3. Towers over the mosque and is a gigantic leaning tower, the tallest structure in India today. 4. Historians still debate the reason for its construction. However, one clear function is its presence as a symbol of Islamic influence and, at one point, dominance of northern India. Bhakti Movement - correct answers 1. Starts in the 12th century. Hindus began to be drawn to teachings about the importance of emotion in their spiritual life.