Why one of the wealthiest empires in history disintegrated in 17 years

by Simon Black, Sovereign Man: On June 17, 1631, the 38-year old chief consort of Shah Jahan, head of the Mughal Empire, was giving birth to their 14th child in the central Indian city of Burhanpur. It had been a long and extremely difficult labor– more than 30 hours in total. But the consort persisted […]