The Mughal Empire, one of the largest and most advanced of its kind. It grew to great heights and established new forms of trade and technology that would change the way other empires would look. Without this man's guiding ideas and reforms, the Mughals would have found themselves lost. Even in moments of apparent defeat and error, leadership could change everything. The Guide of Akbar the Great. He brought the empire to the highest military levels and made known and significant social reforms. Akbar was best known for his military tactics and ways; strong-willed, sometimes strict and often cruel, but very fair, just and compassionate. This is what made Akbar known, and to some extent even hated. Beginning with his reign in 1556, Akbar was one of the youngest leaders of his time. Akbar ascended the throne of the Mughal Empire at the age of 13. He started young but soon raised an army and built one of the largest empires in the world. Akbar was strong-willed, fearless and at times very cruel. He had built a very large army with the intent of conquering other lands for riches and trade, as well as fighting opponents. During the early stages of his reign, Akbar did not have the ability to rule the empire very well and did not gain much respect from the elders of the empire, especially due to his young adolescent age. However, as Akbar grew into his position as the new ruler of the Mughal Empire, he gained more respect from other leaders and he himself began to learn the ways of ruling an empire. He did this by first trying to centralize the entire Mughal government to make it easier to govern and strengthen. Subsequently, Akbar introduced reforms to reorganize the financial system and resolve fiscal problems within paper empires. Akbar did not just rely on territorial expansions, he continued to expand his empire, even now in different ways. He implemented some reforms and governance systems to keep the empire up to optimal standards. Indeed, much of Akbar's empire-building success stemmed directly from his ability to earn the trust and loyalty of the people he conquered, as well as having the skills to conquer as many people and having a substantially high rating. intellect. He was able to earn the trust and loyalty of his conquered people by himself being loyal to his people and being socially tolerant of all religions and ethnic origins. Trusting his people was only part of Akbar's much larger plan. Akbar had introduced a new form of government within the Mughal Empire known more formally as "The Administration".”.