Sons of the Conquerors - Hardcover

Pope, Hugh

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0715633686 ISBN 13: 9780715633687

Publisher: Duckworth, 2005

Synopsis

Wall Street Journal correspondent Hugh Pope provides a vivid picture of the descendants of the nomad armies who once conquered China and the Byzantine Empire. He shows the myriad connections that live on between Turks in the Xinjiang province of western China (one of that country's few remaining bastions of rebellion), through Central Asia, Iran, Iraq, the Netherlands, Germany (where Turkish can be heard on every other street corner of Berlin), and all the way to the Appalachian Mountains of the United States. Along the way he reassesses a history in which Islamic lands were ruled by Turkic dynasties - before their ascendancy was broken by the rising power of Europe, Russia, and China - among them the Moguls, who conquered India, the Safavids, who laid the foundations of modern Iran, and the Ottomans, whose five-century-long empire encompassed Turkey, the Balkans, and the Middle East.

About this title

From the Publisher

The definitive, world-encompassing account of the history and culture of the Turkish people by one of the world's most acclaimed experts.

About the Author

Hugh Pope read Persian and Arabic at Oxford, and has reported for The Independent, Los Angeles Times, BBC, and Reuters. He currently runs the news bureau in Istanbul for The Wall Street Journal.

Edition details

• Publisher: Duckworth
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0715633686
• ISBN 13: 9780715633687
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 432