Book ID: CBB001251269

Islamic Gunpowder Empires: Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals (2011)

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Streusand, Douglas E. (Author)


Westview Press


Publication Date: 2011
Physical Details: xviii + 390 pp.; bibl.; index; ill.; maps
Language: English

Islamic Gunpowder Empires provides readers with a history of Islamic civilization in the early modern world through a comparative examination of Islam's three greatest empires---the Ottomans (centered in what is now Turkey), the Safavids (in modern Iran), and the Mughals (ruling the Indian subcontinent). Author Douglas Streusand explains the origins of the three empires; compares the ideological, institutional, military, and economic contributors to their success; and analyzes the causes of their rise, expansion, and ultimate transformation and decline. Streusand depicts the three empires as a part of an integrated international system extending from the Atlantic to the Straits of Malacca, emphasizing both the connections and the conflicts within that system. He presents the empires as complex polities in which Islam is one political and cultural component among many. The treatment of the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires incorporates contemporary scholarship, dispels common misconceptions, and provides an excellent platform for further study.

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Authors & Contributors
Acar, Şinasi
Kaçar, Mustafa
Cressy, David
Bir, Atilla
Bergman, Yoel
Alessandro Stile
Concepts
Military technology
Gunpowder
Weapons
Technology
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Science and war; science and the military
Time Periods
Medieval
Early modern
19th century
17th century
18th century
16th century
Places
Ottoman Empire
United States
Great Britain
Istanbul (Turkey)
Florence (Italy)
Germany
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