num_pages: 272
description: A preeminent scholar of Turkish history vividly portrays 300 years of this distinctively Eastern culture as it grew from a military principality to the world's most powerful Islamic state. He paints a striking picture of the prominence of religion and warfare in everyday life, as well as the traditions of statecraft, administration, social values, financial, and land policies. "...masterly...Halil Inalcik is one of the foremost living students of Ottoman history...Read this book..."--Times Literary Supplement.
language: English
title: The Ottoman Empire: The Classical Age 1300-1600
titlecomplete: The Ottoman Empire: The Classical Age 1300-1600
genres: Historical, Religion, Politics, Turkish Literature, Medieval History, Turkish, Nonfiction, World History, Islam, History
ratings_count: 965
publisher: Phoenix