After the Mongols came to power in China and across Asia, contact with Europeans was made and with it the cultural and technological diffusion between the two cultures.
The Mongols made use of their Rocket technology to conquer much of their land, including the capture of Baghdad in 1258, the conquering of Russia, and Eastern and Central parts of Europe. This marked the start of European innovation in Rocket technology and use in warfare.
As Europeans were starting to discover and use Rockets, so too were Muslim empires in the Middle East. The first iron rocket, that is iron-cased and metal-cylinder artillery, was created by Tipu Sultan of the Kingdom of Mysore in the 1780s.
During the first Mysore war against the British, this rocket technology was used to defeat the British. When the British learned of this technology, they created their own variant known as the Congreve Rocket, which, during the Second Mysore war, was used to defeat Tipu Sultan, and usher in the age of European rule in India.
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