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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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"And they were educated to become professional soldiers. And because they're basically slaves, they owe their entire loyalty to the sultan, the king of..."
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"...gunpowder, and the four great gunpowder empires are the Ottomans, the Safavids, the Mughals, and the Chinese. But at the end of the day,..."
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Gunpowder is not powerful because it makes a louder weapon.
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