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The differences between the Mughal and the Ottoman Empires is that the Ottomans had a majority Christian region, while the Mughals were ruling over Hindu majority region.
The country of France was in severe debt after helping to finance the American Revolution. Also, food shortages, especially bread, led to inflation of prices in the years just before the French Revolution broke out. (See image: Courtesy of weebly.com)
Explorers were fascinated by the artifacts in the New World because they believed that there is a mythical city of gold named El Dorado. They thought that they have found it there. It tickled their imagination and enjoyed that fantasy.