Indian Civilization 1

One of the things that I definitely thought was interesting about chapter 6 was the influence on India. Not only Islam but of the other Asian groups had a direct influence on India as they mingled.

Like their traditional beliefs like Hinduism and Buddhism which originated in India and spread to other countries, Islam came to India, but not spread in a peaceful way. It was brought over by a conqueror group, the Persians. The Persians however did not go to India to spread Islamic beliefs but rather to rob them of their resources. This mostly happened in Northern India.

I did not know that the Persians had enslaved the Indians or that they killed them if they did not convert to Islam. Eventually they just made them pay taxes on not converting instead of killing them. Essentially the Persians indebted them into becoming slaves for not changing their religion.

The presence of slavery was very apparent in the 13th through history it would appear and Asia was no different. Lots of slaves from the Indians enslaved by the Persians, to the Turkish youth enslaved by their own people. Some slaves did undesirable hard labor like American slaves while others were forced into war (the Mamluks).