Was Western Europe (like during the Reniassance) a gun powder empire like Russia?
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Western Europe was made up of many independent countries -- so it couldn't be considered an empire.
But was their main source of military weapons based on gunpowder? Did they use it to conquer a lot of areas? Like the Russians?
Western Europe had gunpowder, but since it wasn't an empire nor did it conquer other areas, it couldn't be considered a gunpowder empire.