The impact of trade on the Gunpowder Empires was enormous. Much of the success of the empires was related to trade. With out the trade the empires would not have the gunpowder rifles that they used to fight their wars; they wouldn’t have the economic funding for the wars they fought, as well as an even greater percent of the populous would not have a job. With out the trade many of the great cultures of the era would not have interacted with the same frequency as they did.
The impact of trade on the Ottoman Turks was vast; trade gained the Ottoman Turks much wealth, and power. The Ottomans gained much thought the conquest of many countries. The wealth brought them many great things for the armies as well as their government, the goods that the conquered countries produced gave them many unique items for them to trade with other countries. And through trade the Ottoman Turks acquired weapons of greater quality, as well as new weapons. The Ottoman Turks Empire lay between Europe and Asia and Africa, Europe and Asia, giving them a great amount of travelers to pass through the empire and collect road taxes form. As well as obtain gold from Africa, Silk from Asia, and silver form Europe, which gave the Empire considerable wealth. With out the trade the Ottoman Turk Empire would not have been as successful as it was. Along with trading goods such as food, textiles and precious metals, the Ottoman Turks traded art and literature each which gave the Empire greater treasures and the ability to expand upon their own culture. With out trade the Ottoman Empire would not have as many great architectural treasures as they have standing today.
The Safavid Empire Had a great advantage as far as trade was concerned, it lay between the Ottoman Empire and Asia. Where many of the trade routes passed through, enabling them to gather plenty of road taxes. The Safavid Empire had many great goods to trade with the rest of the world because of so many different countries passing through the Empire and trading with them before the merchant reached his final destination. Trade gave the Safavid Empire many goods to trade with in order to get gunpowder rifles for the military, which gave them an advantage in battle. Trade gave the Safavid Empire a greater variety of culture within the Empire. The trading of art and literature gave them the ability to under stand the other cultures of the time. As well as expand on their culture.
The Mughul Empire rested in modern day northern India and Afghanistan, which, in turn, gave the Empire great access to China, and many of the fine goods that China produced, including Silk and Porcelain, two very highly sought after items. The Mughul Empire had many Muslims and Hindus with in the Empire; many of the Muslims came to the Mughul Empire, bring with them their items they had to trade some even stayed, with them they brought their culture with them, trading their cultural ideas with others and thus broadening the Mughul Empire’s culture. The Mughul Empire lay between the Safavid Empire and Most of Asia, giving them much travel from merchants across the Empire, increasing the trade of goods for them as well as generating revenue from the merchants from taxing them for using the roads with in the Empire.
Trade had enormous impacts on the stability, economic and war fighting capabilities of the Gunpowder Empires. Trade brought in revenue in the form of tradable goods, culture, and money. Each of the Empires lay between great nations of the time, Ottoman between Africa, Asia and Europe, Safavid between Asia, Ottoman Empire, Europe and Mughul Empire, and Mughul between Asia and the Safavid empire; giving each of them access to many different people to trade with, as well as each of the Empires had many extensive trade routes pass through the Empire, where the government could tax the merchants for using the routes that pass through their particular empire. With in each Empire resided many different people each with their own culture that they brought with them from their home, as they spoke with the other people of the new empire, each one of them passed on some of their culture to other people thus increasing and divesting the culture of the respected empire that they now were in.