The Ottoman Empire: The Classical Age 1300-1600 (Late Byzantine and Ottoman Studies, 1) - Hardcover

Inalcik, Halil

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0892413883 ISBN 13: 9780892413881

Publisher: Aristide d Caratzas Pub, 1989

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Halil Inalcik is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Chicago. Born in Istanbul, he was a Professor of Ottoman History at the University of Ankara from 1952 until 1972. He then joined the University of Chicago where he taught until his retirement in 1986. He is currently Professor of Ottoman History at Bilknet University in Ankara.

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Aristide d Caratzas Pub
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0892413883
• ISBN 13: 9780892413881
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 258