HIST 30743 Muslim Gunpowder Empires
Comparative historical survey covering three great early-modern Muslim empires: the Mughals, the Safavids, and the Ottomans. The three empires ruled over a vast geography including North Africa, the Balkans, Turkey, the Arab Middle East, Iran, and the Indian Subcontinent. Major themes include the role of religion in early warriors' militancy, slave armies, early modern bureaucracy, the rise of Sunnism and Shi'ism as official religions as well as social status and gender relations.