An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire (Economic & Social History of the Ottoman Empire)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 13, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 476
ISBN-13: 9780521574563
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; World history; c 1000 CE to c 1500; c 1500 to c 1600; Middle East - General; History; History - General History; History: World; Middle East; Middle East - Turkey; World - General; History / World; History-World - General; Turkey - History - Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
First sentence: fell to Ottoman forces. The rapid conquest of Thrace caused consternation in Byzantium and in Europe because the European approaches to Constantinople had fallen so rapidly into Ottoman hands.