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The major gunpowder empires are the Ottomans, Mughals, Safavids, and Ming China because each had centralized bureaucracy suited to early gunpowder warfare.
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"That's what the Greeks did against the Persians. But with gunpowder, you need a professional army, you need engineers, you need the resources that..."
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"...So that's the Ottoman Empire. But then you also have the Mughal Empire, which was the height of Indian civilization. They were also, for..."
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"...the four great gunpowder empires are the Ottomans, the Safavids, the Mughals, and the Chinese. But at the end of the day, it is..."
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"...three major empires. The Ottomans, the Safayats in Iran, and the Mughals in India. They are collectively known as the gunpower empires. So what's..."
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