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Shah Jahan

History; World history

Mughal emporer of India( 1628-58) and was builder of the Taj Mahal. He was passionate about architechture.

Mumtaz Mahal

History; World history

Born with the name of Arjumand Banu, she was the woman in whose memory the Taj Mahal was built.

Nur Jahan

History; World history

A Persian widow (1577-1646) was one of the most powerful women in the Indian history.

Colonialism

History; World history

The acquisition of foreign territory for settlement and exploitation. Following Spanish and Portuguese conquests in South America in the 15th and 16th centuries, most major European powers ...

Ashurbanipal

History; World history

The last great king of Assyria (r.668-627 BC). He completed the conquest of Egypt, installing Necho I as vassal ruler. Assyrian garrisons were later expelled, but Egypt was no longer a threat to ...

A peninsula between the eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea, also known as Asia Minor. At the crossroads of Europe and Asia, it was the perpetual target of invaders beginning with the Hittites in ...

Lamaism

History; World history

Tibetan Buddhism, developed in the 7th to 9th centuries when the Tibetan shamanistic Bon religion was assimilated to Mahayana Buddhism from India. Lamaism was persecuted in the 9th century by King ...