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... empire were the chief factor behind its continued survival for another century and a half . At Akbar's death in 1605 the empire extended from Afghanistan to the Bay of Bengal and southward to Gu- jarat and the northern Deccan . Akbar's ...
... empire were the chief factor behind its continued survival for another century and a half . At Akbar's death in 1605 the empire extended from Afghanistan to the Bay of Bengal and southward to Gu- jarat and the northern Deccan . Akbar's ...
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... empire by capturing the Songhai capital of Gao . The Songhai kingdom measured several hundreds of miles across , so that the conquest meant the acquisition of a vast territory . The 14th - century traveller Ibn Battuta noted that it ...
... empire by capturing the Songhai capital of Gao . The Songhai kingdom measured several hundreds of miles across , so that the conquest meant the acquisition of a vast territory . The 14th - century traveller Ibn Battuta noted that it ...
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... Empire helped precipitate the Crimean War ( 1853- 56 ) . The son of a German count of the Holy Roman Empire who served as Russia's am- bassador to Portugal , Nesselrode entered the Russian navy at the age of 16. When he failed to ...
... Empire helped precipitate the Crimean War ( 1853- 56 ) . The son of a German count of the Holy Roman Empire who served as Russia's am- bassador to Portugal , Nesselrode entered the Russian navy at the age of 16. When he failed to ...
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