Reason for Placing Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Dynasties

The textbook grouped the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals together because the structure of their dynasties, such as politics and economics, are very similar. All three descended from semi-nomadic Turks and therefore, follow the same steppe traditions. As the realms and expanses of individual kingdoms as well as their influences do not match those of the previous larger empires, such as the Romans, Byzantines, Persians, and the Chinese dynasties, Bentley and Ziegler have decided to group specific smaller kingdoms of later times. In the future, we will see in the textbook that kingdoms of similar structure and origin will be placed together in order to follow this ideal. This differs from the previous presentation in that the empires are not talked about individually despite the fact that they occupied different regions.