The Ottoman Turks: An Introductory History to 1923Longman, 1997 - 406 pages This is an introductory survey of Ottoman history from earliest times to the end of the Empire, written for both students and non-specialists. Although it offers a broad account of events, it is not primarily a political narrative of the Ottoman territories; rather, it investigates the world of the Ottoman Turks themselves, exploring their political, social and economic systems, and examining the lives and customs of ordinary people, as well as of the ruling classes. |
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... cause it would support , and the general way in which it would function . Pious foundations were funded by economic levels of society from the middle to the highest . Sultans and high officials were prominent donors . Unlike other ...
... cause it would support , and the general way in which it would function . Pious foundations were funded by economic levels of society from the middle to the highest . Sultans and high officials were prominent donors . Unlike other ...
Page 278
... caused by illnesses treated easily today with remedies available on pharmacy shelves . Measles and smallpox were both common causes of death among children . In cities , from young adulthood through middle age , the most com- mon cause ...
... caused by illnesses treated easily today with remedies available on pharmacy shelves . Measles and smallpox were both common causes of death among children . In cities , from young adulthood through middle age , the most com- mon cause ...
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... cause of death than today : most people did not live long enough for cancer to develop . Causes of death in rural areas were doubtless somewhat different from in cities , but there is little evidence of what peasants died from . Because ...
... cause of death than today : most people did not live long enough for cancer to develop . Causes of death in rural areas were doubtless somewhat different from in cities , but there is little evidence of what peasants died from . Because ...
Contents
Origins of the Turks to 1281 | 1 |
The First Ottomans 12811446 | 33 |
The Ottoman Classical Age 14461566 | 65 |
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Abdülaziz Abdülhamit administration Allies Arab areas Armenian Asia ayans Balkan Wars Balkans Bayezit began Black Sea Bosphorus British Bulgaria bureaucrats Byzantine capital Celali central Anatolia Christian conquest Constantinople Crimea defeated devşirme Diyarbakır eastern Anatolia economic Edirne Egypt enemies European fighting governors Grand Vezir Greek groups guilds houses Iran Iraq Islamic Istanbul İzmir Janissaries Konya land leaders lived Mahmud major makers Mamluk marriage Mehmet Mehmet II merchants Middle East Middle Eastern military modern mosques Murat Murat IV Muslim Mustafa nationalism nationalist needed nineteenth century officials Osman Ottoman army Ottoman Empire Ottoman Europe Ottoman government Ottoman system palace Paşa peasants political population provinces rebels reform refugees region reign religion religious revolt rule rulers Rum Seljuks Russians Safavids schools Selim Serbia slaves soldiers Süleyman sultan Syria Tanzimat Tatars taxes territory Thrace timar took trade traditional troops Turkish Turkish nomads Turks villages wars Western women