Impact of Islam

Topic: Cultural, economic, and political impact of Islam on South and Southeast Asia between 1000CE and 1750 CE.
Situation at Beginning of Era
|Invading Turkish conquerors had brutal and oppressive|Art and culture in South and Southeast Asia was | |
|reigns over non-Muslims, destroying Hindu and |predominantly unaffected by Islam in terms of style | |
|Buddhist temples, kidnapping women, and crushing any |of architecture and language. | |
|resistance (12th century) | | |

Reasons for Change
|The Muslim rulers, with the desire to appease |As Islam was introduced by merchants, and sufis, they|Striving to end social tensions, Akbar removed the |
|non-Muslim populations, generally softened their |brought with them Muslim culture, and built Mosques |tax put on non-Muslims and married a Hindu Rajput |
|reigns over their peoples(14th Century) |and Islamic learning centers |princess |

Situation at End of Era
|Continuities |Changes |
|Islamic female leaders continued to be disapproved of and overthrown, all over|The relationships between Muslim leaders and their non-Islamic subjects changed |
|South and Southeast Asia |drastically in the time of the Delhi Sultanate. |
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