An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire (Economic & Social History of the Ottoman Empire)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 28, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 643
ISBN-13: 9780521574556
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; Middle East - General; History; History - General History; History: World; Europe; Middle East; North Africa; Middle East - Turkey; Economic Conditions; World - General; Business & Economics-Economic Conditions; History / World; History-World - General; Turkey - History - Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
First sentence: The financial crisis of the 1580s and 1590s, with which we begin our account of the seventeenth century as experienced by the Ottoman world, is commonly regarded as ushering in a period of political decline, demographic crisis and economic difficulties.