The Gunpowder Empires
إمبراطوريات البارود
c. 1500 CE · c. 905 AH† – c. 1800 CE · c. 1215 AH† †
† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.
The age of the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires, three large and long-lived states with powerful courts, armies and arts.
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- Anatolia
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Sources
- Hodgson, The Venture of Islam (1974)
- Hourani, A History of the Arab Peoples (1991)
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