Ottoman Empire Gunpowder Essay

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Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Computer, once said, "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower." This quote can be applied to the Ottoman Empire. The innovation of the use of gunpowder allowed the ottomans to maintain and grow their empire. Ottoman Empire started by virtue of its innovative weapons that use gunpowder to propel projectiles at enemies. The Ottoman Empire in Turkey was first established in 1299, but it fell to the conquering armies of Timur the Lame in 1402. Thanks in large part to their acquisition of muskets, the Ottoman rulers were able to drive out the Timurids and reestablish their control of Turkey in 1414. Before gunpowder, the Ottomans were a loose confederation of states. With gunpowder technology, the Ottomans were able to become a unified empire, and able to challenge the Byzantine Empire led by Constantinople. The Ottoman victory in 1453 represented the end of a thousand year control by the West. With gunpowder, the East stood as an equal to the West. A balance of power had been established. The Ottomans innovated the use of gunpowder with large cannons to defeat the Byzantine Empire. …show more content…

In 1221, when the Mongols invaded India, they brought with them the knowledge of gunpowder from China. When the Mongols had conquered India, they helped to facilitate more open trading between China and India. This trade is what brought even more ideas and innovations of gunpowder into India. From India, the gunpowder spread to the Middle East between 1240 and 1280. Early Ottoman sultans such as Murat I (1362 – 1389) and his successors were quick to grasp the significance of gunpowder, perhaps because they already excelled in the use of ranged weapons, such as the composite bow, and it was a natural step

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