WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The gunpowder empires, or Islamic gunpowder empires, is a collective term coined by Marshall G. S. Hodgson and William H. McNeill at the University of Chicago, referring to three Muslim empires: the Ottoman Empire, Safavid Empire and the Mughal Empire, in the period they lasted from mid-16th to the early 18th century.

Detailed explanation-2: -Islamic Gunpowder Empires provides readers with a history of Islamic civilization in the early modern world through a comparative examination of Islam’s three greatest empires-the Ottomans (centered in what is now Turkey), the Safavids (in modern Iran), and the Mughals (ruling the Indian subcontinent).

Detailed explanation-3: -The term Gunpowder Empires refers to large, multiethnic states in Southwest, Central, and South Asia that relied on firearms to conquer and control territories. In addition to Russia, the Gunpowder Empires included three in which Islam was strong: the Ottoman, the Safavid, and the Mughal Empires.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Safavid empire was the first of the three gunpowder empires to collapse, falling to Afghan forces during the early eighteenth century. Shi’ites dedicated to Shi’ite domination of Persia paved the way for this fate.