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For 300 years the Indians stopped the Muslims from spreading beyond the indus river.Then around 1000 a Muslim Turk named Mahmud Ghazni began new attacks in India.His efforts were successful and Islam spread into the Indian subcontinent.

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Mahmud was a devout Muslim. +He saw the Hindus as Infidels.

+ Mahmud did not like the way indians divide people into causes.
+He believed all people were equal in the eyes of Allah.

+He also disliked the way Hindus prayed to idols.

*Mahmud felt he had to a duty to conquer India and spread the Muslim religion.

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In 1000,India was divided into small Hindu states that often argued with one to another.

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The Muslim Turks stopped raiding India and began to stay there .By 1206 , much of India was under Muslim dominion.

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Turks wanted to plunder India.
They stole gold and jewelry from Indian cities.
They took riches from Hindu temples before destroying them.

Mahmud waited to attack again the next year, in all, Mahmed launched 17 raids into India.

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Islam:
-The Qu'ran is the holy book of islam.

-Muslims believe there is only one God, Allah. Muhammad is a prophet of Allah.

-Islam teaches that all the peaople are equal.

Hinduism:
-The Vedas are the holy books of Hinduism.

-Hindus believe in many gods. Two gods are Shiva and Vishnu.

-Hindus follow a caste system and believe in reincarnation.

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The Turks divided India into Independent Muslim kingdoms. These kingdoms were called sultanates. The Delhi sultans were harsh conquerers

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The Delhi Sultanate was the largest kingdom in India. Even the powerful Mongols did not defeat it. But the sultanate could never conquer all of India. By the 1350s, the sultanate began to break in to smaller states. In 1398, a Muslim warrior named Timur, invaded India.

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Timur claimed to be a relative of Genghis Khan.

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Timur claimed to be a relative of Genghis Khan.

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Timur led his army into India, were he killed tens of thousands of people. His four-month invasion, the city was completely destroyed. The people either fled or were killed. One man  wrote that "not even a bird was left to fly" over the city.

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1-Timur
2-devout
3-Delhi
4-infidels
5-dominion

+LESSON 2  REVIEW:
*Choose words from the key list that best complete the paragraphs. One word will not be used.*

"Around 1000, Muslim Turks invaded India. Their leader was Mahmud of Ghazni. He saw the Hindus as _______ and wanted to conquer them.
The Turks defeated the Hindus and developed several Muslim states. "
"The biggest state was the _______ Sultanate."

"By 1206, much of India was under Muslim_______. In time, Muslim and Hindu cultures influenced one another. Buildings combined the Islamic and Indian styles."

"The Delhi Sultanate began to weaken. In 1398, ________ sacked the city of Delhi.
The Sultanate ended in 1526."

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