The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1650
Subtitle: The Structure of Power
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: January 15, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780333613863
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 500 to c 1500; European history: c 1500 to c 1750; European history: c 500 to c 1500; c 1000 CE to c 1500; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; History - General History; History: World; ASIA; Ottoman Empire; Turkey; Europe - General; Medieval; Middle East - Turkey; History / Medieval; Middle East - General; 1288-1453; 1453-1683; History
First sentence: In 1650, the Ottoman Empire occupied lands in Europe, Asia and Africa.
Description: "The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1650 surveys the history of the Ottoman Empire from its obscure origins in the fourteenth century, through its rise to world-power status in the sixteenth century to the troubled times of the seventeenth century. Going beyond a simple narrative of Ottoman achievements and key events, Colin Imber uses original sources and research, as well as the rapidly expanding body of modern scholarship on the subject, to show how this complex state worked in practice." "It is essential reading for all those with an interest not only in the Ottomans but also in the late medieval and early modern history of Western Europe, the Balkans and the Middle East."--Jacket.