What were the most significant differences in the way that the Ottoman, Mughal, and Safavid states functioned and operated?

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

A. Significant differences in state function
1. Ottoman
a. keep up with advances in the technology of war
b. sustained memories of its ancient nomadic origins through
centuries of settled life
c. large size of the empire and the effectiveness of Ottoman
authority
d. could rival any Western competitors and shared some of their
traditions
e. practiced restraint in taxation and exploitation as part of the
ideology of the state
1. relied on uniform b bureaucracy
f. took on the approach flexibility and adaptability when dealing
with outside threats
2. Mughal
a. emphasis on plunder
b. constant war to keep the aristocracies occupied, and continual
conquests to multiply their rewards
c. conflicting claims of rival aristocracies provoked rebellions
3. Safavid
a. benefitted from the silk trade of the lands they ruled
b. did not rely on uniform bureaucracy
c. to tie elite loyalties firmly into the center, they used marriage,
distributing the womenfolk of the ruling house around the provinces
d. Shiism was the basis of their claim to legitimacy
e. had no nostalgia for a mythic steppelander past
f. desire to have a distinctive ideology
g. opportunities to match the success of other empires were
limited since they didn't have room to expand