gunpowder empire

English

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).

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.

Translations

gunpowder empire

• Dutch: buskruitrijk n
• Finnish: ruutivaltakunta (fi)
• Russian: пороховая империя f (poroxovaja imperija)