HUMA 1770 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Five Dynasties And Ten Kingdoms Period, Six Dynasties, Almoravid Dynasty
11 Apr 2018
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Turkish afghan people who ruled northern india from 13th to 16th century: came to power at age 16. Successful military campaigner: brought most of northern india under his rule. Empire collapsed after his death (no heirs) and reverted to a more feudal political system: a number of small kingdoms that appear in the 7th century ce. Thought to have been foreign invaders (possibly huns) who became assimilated into indian culture. Tamil kingdom that ruled southern india and parts of southeast asia from 848 - 1279 ce. Territories included sri lanka, burma, malaysia and indonesia. The six dynasties period (220 - 618 ce) The five dynasties period (907 - 960 ce) Empire of ghana: 700-1200: ruled by the mande speaking peoples, centralized state repla(cid:272)ed a (cid:373)ore (cid:862)feudal(cid:863) stru(cid:272)ture of agri(cid:272)ultural (cid:448)illages (cid:449)ith head(cid:373)e(cid:374), (cid:449)ise woman, war against the almoravid. Leads to short-lived occupation by muslim empire of abu-bakr ibn-umar.
