Throughout history there have been many Empires with their own history and culture. The Mughal and Ottoman Empires were both very significant empires that existed in the early modern period. The Mughal empire was located in current day South Asia in the 16th to the 19th centuries. The Ottoman empire on the other hand began from the base area in northwestern Anatolia and continued to spread to the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeastern Europe in between the 14th and early 20th century. Both The Mughal and Ottoman Empires had many similarities and differences whether it be political, social, or economic. To begin with, politically, they had many similarities. They were both established by Turkic warrior groups. They also both had a monarchy. …show more content…
They both established themselves as a Islamic Empire. They both were quite religiously tolerant and had different religions in their empires. In the Mughal Empire many people practiced Hinduism and made up a large part of the population. In the beginning The Mughal Empire with Akbar as its ruler had constructed a special House of Worship in which many discussions were carried out between many religions including Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism. Although later with Aurangzeb as its ruler, it had taken some measures to restrict some Hindu holidays. He also demanded for taxes and although some people might see this specific demand as unfair, I beg to differ as Muslims are enforced to pay much more tax on charity than non muslims who have to pay jizya as a sign of peace. Similarly, the Ottoman Empire also enforced jizya and also had much religious tolerance. They took over much of Europe and thus the main religions in it were mostly Christianity and Judaism. Many Christians actually rathered the Ottoman rule as the taxes were lighter and the oppression was much less than Christian rulers. Christians and Jews were peacefully given opportunities and were able to worship and practice their own