Important events and systems in European Societies during the 1600’s

Robb Schultz, “Europe leading into the 17th century (1600’s)”Image Source

The Rise of Feudal Societies 

The Mughals were a powerful Turkic-Mongol tribe that originated from Central Asia.[1]  The Mughal Empire controlled most of Northern India from the 16th to the 18th century.[2]  The Mughal’s are well known for their effective administrative organization that aided them in ruling much of India for more than two centuries.[3]  They are also notable for their attempt to integrate Muslims and Hindus under one united Indian state

Ancient:  Belonging to a period of history that is thousands of years in the past.

BC: Before Christ. Used in the Christian calendar to show a particular number of years before the year when Christ is believed to have been born.

Bureaucracy:  A system of government in which there are a large number of state officials who are not elected.

Civilization:  A society, its culture and its way of life during a particular period of time or in a particular part of the world.

At this stage, it was not at all clear that Europe would come to dominate the world. The intention is to provide a comparative overview of some of the major empires at this time with Europe, which was not an empire. These include China as a world power in the 14th and 15th centuries, Songhai, an African empire during the 15th and 16th Centuries, and the Indian Mughal Empire during the 16th and 17th centuries. This topic also includes a discussion on the European societal structures during the above mentioned time periods.