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gunpowder empire

noun

Etymology

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).

Definitions

  1. Any of the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires, which all had considerable military…

    Any of the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires, which all had considerable military success using then-innovative firearms, especially cannon and small arms.

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