"gunpowder empire" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gunpowder empires [plural]
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). Head templates: {{en-noun}} gunpowder empire (plural gunpowder empires)
  1. Any of the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires, which all had considerable military success using then-innovative firearms, especially cannon and small arms. Wikipedia link: Gunpowder Empires Translations (gunpowder empire): buskruitrijk [neuter] (Dutch), ruutivaltakunta (Finnish), порохова́я импе́рия (poroxovája impérija) [feminine] (Russian)
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