GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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Amy Chua’s thesis about the eventual failure of gunpowder empires was that ____ ultimately became an obstacle to retaining great power, thus being a factor as to why the Ottoman Empire outlived the Safavid and Mughal Empires.
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intolerance
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weak military
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ineffective leadership
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Under the superior war command of Babur and gunpowder technology, the Mughals beat hordes of elephants and tens of thousands of soldiers. So, gunpowder empires simply refers to the three empires’ abilities to grow their empire via a strategic usage of a new war technology, gunpowder.
Detailed explanation-2: -1 Safavid, Mughal, and Ottoman Empires. The three Islamic empires of the early modern period – the Mughal, the Safavid, and the Ottoman – shared a common Turko-Mongolian heritage. In all three the ruling dynasty was Islamic, the economic system was agrarian, and the military forces were paid in grants of land revenue.
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