Answer:
absorbed religious influences from other cultures.
Explanation:
Both the Ottoman and Mughal empires "absorbed religious influences from other cultures."
This is evident in the fact that the Ottomans empires were known to absorbed the religious influence of Christian culture. This is similar to the Mughal empires who absorbed the religious influence from Hindu culture.
They were able to achieve this through the encouragement of conversion to Islam. And at the same time, the leaders of the empires were showing tolerance towards other religions.
