It was different because it remained independent during the colonial era when the rest of South East Asia was colonized. It modernized itself and worked with both British and French colonies but remained independent and chose who they wanted to work with. The territory of Siam is what is nowadays known as Thailand, so you can see that Thailand managed to develop itself and its culture independently of the colonizers who ran rampant among the South East Asian region and which caused many wars in recent times.
They used Maginot Line. The Maginot Line was built to fulfill several purposes: To prevent a German surprise attack. ... To push Germany into an effort to circumvent via Switzerland or Belgium, and allow France to fight the next war off French soil to avoid a repeat of 1914–1918. To be used as a basis for a counter-offensive.
Your answer is D. The four noble truths. To achieve Nirvana one must accomplish the four noble truths.
Under the rule of the warrior, the Buddhist<span> powers still focused on retaining political </span>influence<span>, economic growth, but also were compelled to develop an organic military capability.</span>
The answer you are looking for is option 3. Heavy taxes imposed by Aurangzeb.
Nurjahan, the father of Aurangzeb, began to build the Taj Majal that was being built for his deceased wife. This implied that he was not doing things for the people of the empire.
In the late 1600s, Emperor Aurangzeb rejected the tolerant policies of Akbar and resumed<em> the persecution of the Hindus</em> that existed before him, <em>which caused economic difficulties increased under heavy taxes and discontent sparked revolts against the Mughal rule.
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These conditions favoured European merchants to take hold in the powerful Mughal Empire.