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Explaining the Gunpowder Empires

History 102 with WhatifAltHist's Rudyard Lynch and Austin Padgett

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This chapter explores the historical influence of the Gunpowder Empires on power dynamics in Eurasia, contrasting Europe’s democratic evolution with Asia’s trend toward autocracy. It examines how these divergent outcomes shaped national trajectories and historical narratives across regions.

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