gunpowder empire
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Etymology[edit]
Coined by Marshall G. S. Hodgson and William H. McNeill at the University of Chicago. Hodgson used the phrase as a title in The Venture of Islam (1974).
Noun[edit]
gunpowder empire (plural gunpowder empires)
- Any of the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires, which all had considerable military success using then-innovative firearms, especially cannon and small arms.
Translations[edit]
gunpowder empire
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