basic books october 2021 (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Tight, clean. DJ shows minor rubbing.

Hardcover. Condition: Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Used.

Trade Paperback. Condition: USED Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. grey hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in very fine cond. as new. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. looks brand new. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing so stated (printing 1). xv+543p+ author bio with photo. 3 double paged maps, two with insets. 16 pages of glossy full color plates. list of ottoman rulers and their reigns. bibliographic notes. index. world history. middle east history. medieval history. byzantine empire. crusades. crimean war. world war i. ~ The Ottoman Empire has long been depicted as the Islamic, Asian antithesis of the Christian, European West. But the reality was starkly different: the Ottomans' domain was multiethnic, multilingual, and multireligious, reaching deep into Europe's heart. Indeed, as it expanded across Eastern Europe, Asia, and North Africa, the Ottomans saw their empire as the new Rome. In The Ottomans, historian Marc David Baer offers a major new history of the Ottoman dynasty, recounting their remarkable rise from a frontier principality to a world empire, and he traces their debts to their Turkish, Mongolian, Islamic, and Byzantine heritage. Rulers viewed themselves as both devout Muslims and the rightful successors to the Roman Empire, calling themselves not only khans and sultans but also caliphs, emperors, and caesars. They managed their vast empire by striking a delicate balance: for most of the dynasty's existence, the Ottomans pioneered principles of religious tolerance, even as they used religious conversion to integrate conquered peoples and populate the ruling class. But in the nineteenth century, the dynasty embraced exclusivity and intolerance, leading to ethnic cleansing, genocide, and ultimately the empire's demise after the First World War. Gripping and authoritative, The Ottomans vividly reveals the dynasty's full history and its enduring impact on Europe and the world.

Hardcover. Condition: New.