Question: In the 13th century, what empire dominated the south of the country that has the city where Sooni Taraporevala was born?

Mumbai Bombay Megacity Mumbai Top to bottom: Cuffe Parade skyline, the Gateway of India (L), Taj Mahal Palace Hotel (R), Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus and the Bandra -- Worli Sea Link. Nickname (s): Bambai, Mumbai city, City of Seven Islands, City of Dreams, Gateway to India, Hollywood of India Mumbai Location of Mumbai in Maharashtra, India Mumbai Mumbai (India) Show map of Maharashtra Show map of India Show all Coordinates: 18 ° 58 ′ 30 ''N 72 ° 49 ′ 33'' E ﻿ / ﻿ 18.97500 ° N 72.82583 ° E ﻿ / 18.97500; 72.82583 Coordinates: 18 ° 58 ′ 30 ''N 72 ° 49 ′ 33'' E ﻿ / ﻿ 18.97500 ° N 72.82583 ° E ﻿ / 18.97500; 72.82583 Country India State Maharashtra District Mumbai City Mumbai Suburban First settled 1507 Named for Mumbadevi Government Type Mayor -- Council Body MCGM Mayor Vishwanath Mahadeshwar (Shiv Sena) Municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta Area Megacity 603 km (233 sq mi) Metro 4,355 km (1,681.5 sq mi) Elevation 14 m (46 ft) Population (2011) Megacity 12,442,373 Rank 1st Density 21,000 / km (53,000 / sq mi) Metro 18,414,288 20,748,395 (Extended UA) Metro Rank 1st Demonym (s) Mumbaikar Time zone IST (UTC + 5: 30) PIN code (s) 400 001 to 400 107 Area code (s) + 91 - 22 Vehicle registration MH - 01 (South), MH - 02 (West), MH - 03 (Central), MH - 47 (North) GDP / PPP $368 billion (Metro area, 2015) Official language Marathi Website www.mcgm.gov.in <SEP> However, there were other regional powers present as well. In the North, the Rajputs were a dominant force in the Western and Central India. Their power reached to the zenith under Rana Sanga during whose time Rajput armies were constantly victorious against the Sultanate army. In the South, the Bahmani Sultanate was the chief rival of the Vijaynagara and gave Vijayanagara tough days many a times. In the early 16th century Krishnadevaraya of the Vijayanagara Empire defeated the last remnant of Bahmani Sultanate power after which the Bahmani Sultanate collapsed. It was established either by a Brahman convert or patronized by a Brahman and form that source it got the name Bahmani. In the early 16th century, it collapsed and got split into five small Deccan sultanates. In the East, the Gajapati Kingdom remained a strong regional power to reckon with, so was the Ahom Kingdom in the North-east for six centuries. For two and a half centuries from the mid 13th, the politics in the Northern India was dominated by the Delhi Sultanate and in the Southern India by the Vijayanagar Empire which originated as a political heir of the erstwhile Hoysala Empire and Pandyan Empire. <SEP> fifth - century athens is the greek city - state of athens in the time from 480 bc - 404 bc. this was a period of athenian political hegemony, economic growth and cultural flourishing formerly known as the golden age of athens with the later part the age of pericles. the period began in 478 bc after defeat of the persian invasion, when an athenian - led coalition of city - states, known as the delian league, confronted the persians to keep the liberated asian greek cities free. after peace was made with persia in the mid 5th century bce, what started as an alliance of independent city - states became an athenian empire when athens abandoned the pretense of parity among its allies and relocated the delian league treasury from delos to athens, where it funded the building of the athenian acropolis and put half its population on the public payroll and maintained dominating naval power in the greek world. with the empire's funds, military dominance and its political fortunes guided by statesman and orator pericles, athens produced some of the most influential and enduring cultural artifacts of the western tradition. the playwrights aeschylus, sophocles and euripides all lived and worked in 5th century bce athens, as did the historians herodotus and thucydides, the physician hippocrates, and the philosopher socrates. athens' patron goddess was athena, from whom they derived the name. <SEP> This film explores issues facing the Parsi community to which she belongs. She directed her first feature film, based on a screenplay of her own, an ensemble piece set in Bombay, in Spring, 2007, entitled "Little Zizou". <SEP> in the early decades of the twentieth century when there was a growing nostalgia for its sense of order, the style was revived and adapted and in the united states came to be known as the colonial revival. in canada the united empire loyalists embraced georgian architecture as a sign of their fealty to britain, and the georgian style was dominant in the country for most of the first half of the 19th century. the grange, for example, a manor built in toronto, was built in 1817. in montreal, english born architect john ostell worked on a significant number of remarkable constructions in the georgian style such as the old montreal custom house and the grand séminaire de montréal.