Empires and Encounters:

While reading about how other Empires took over their fellow nations, it was good to read about someone that did some good. Akbar, who was Mughal India’s most famous emperor, was a man that understood change. He tried to incorporate the Hindu lifestyle with that of India and for a while it seems like it was doing good. The Hindus continue to live in India because they were not being chased out and they were not look down upon. For a man of his time, Akbar was a man filled with knowledge. He knew that if he would try and convert the Hindus to the Islamic culture there would be resistance and death. Instead of putting his people’s life in danger he accepted the fact that it would be better for him to incorporate everybody’s lifestyle into one. It makes me think about how lucky I am to be living in the United States. The United States allows people the freedom to practice their religion, but not everybody accepts this freedom. We still hear about people shooting up temples and churches. It’s sad to see that some people are still stuck in a prejudice mindset.