Between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries, three new Muslim empires emerged to rule much of Asia. These Muslim empires—th
e Ottoman, the Safavid, and the Mughal—brought Islam to new levels of power and influence. Choose any two of these empires and describe their similarities with each other and their differences. Your paragraph MUST have a strong introductory sentence. Answer the prompt completely WITH details and facts.
The three Islamic empires of the early modern period – the Mughal, the Safavid, and the Ottoman – shared a common Turko-Mongolian heritage. In all three the ruling dynasty was Islamic, the economic system was agrarian, and the military forces were paid in grants of land revenue. In the 15th and 16th centuries, three great powers arose in a band across western and southern Asia. The Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal dynasties established control over Turkey, Iran, and India respectively, in large part due to a Chinese invention: gunpowder
