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Across 2. Mogul emperor of India during whose reign the finest monuments of Mogul architecture were built (including the Taj Mahal at Agra) (1592-1666) 6. beautiful mausoleum at Agra built by the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan (completed in 1649) in memory of his favorite wife 7. Most illustrious sultan of the Mughal Empire in India (r. 1556-1605). He expanded the empire and pursued a policy of conciliation with Hindus. 9. First sultan of the Mughal Empire; took lots of land in India. 10. a secure position from which further progress may be made. 11. Eastern half of the Roman Empire that survived the fall of the Western half. 12. People from Central Asia when united ended up creating the largest single land empire in history. 13. something made up of many different parts 14. Ottoman sultan called the "Conqueror"; responsible for conquest of Constantinople in 1453; destroyed what remained of Byzantine Empire. 18. warriors for the Islamic faith 20. forming the triumphant culmination of an effort or endeavor. 24. a Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in and around modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia, becoming the first ruler of the Timurid dynasty. 25. the abandoning of adherence to one denomination and affiliating with another. 26. A tax on imported goods 29. Ottoman policy of taking boys from Christian peoples to be trained as Muslim soldiers 31. improve or enhance the quality or value of

Down 1. Founder of the Ottoman Empire. 2. Ruler who brought Ottoman Empire to its height 3. to defeat 4. very large 5. Rulers of the Ottoman Turkish empire 8. hostile and aggressive 15. to make young again; to make like new 16. the attainment of an optimum stage of development. 17. a follower of Hinduism 19. idea that the same ethical standards apply to everyone 21. A slave soldier of the Ottoman Army 22. Mughal emperor in India and great-grandson of Akbar 'the Great', under whom the empire reached its greatest extent, only to collapse after his death. 23. A territory in the Middle East on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Disputed with Israel. 27. Muslim rulers over India, combined Hindu and Muslim, brought India to the peak of its political empire, had a single government with a common culture 28. A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler 30. member of a religious community founded in the Punjab region of India. Developed in the 15th century.