STREUSAND Douglas E. <br/><br/>
Islamic gunpowder empires :  ottomas, safavids and mughals / 
Douglas E. Streusand. 
 - Boulder, Colo. :  Westview Press,  2011. 
 - xviii, 390 pages : ill., maps ; 23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 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 decline. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813313597 (pbk.) :  43.00 USD 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>TURKEY --HISTORY --OTTOMAN EMPIRE --1288-1918<br/>IRAN --HISTORY --SAFAVID DYNASTY, 1501-1736<br/>MOGUL EMPIRE