Compare And Contrast Gunpowder Empires

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Gunpowder empire are very similar and complex in the same way. They grew empires and provided empires with deadly weapons at the same time. I personally think that gunpowder helped grow empires because they were able to defeat many empires at a faster rate since battles didn't last all day. The Russians expanded their territory because they had gunpowder.Portugal was able to defend their ships better because they had cannons. The Slave trade empire grew because they were able to come up with a way to trade slaves for gunpowder and not have to pay a lot of money to other empires. The Mughals also expanded their empire by inventing new weapons for the use of gunpowder. I also think think that gunpowder empires were had the great advantage over