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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... village life . Villages were usually built along a road ( ' animal track ' might be a better term ) or path that bisected the village . Commonly , this path ran out of the village to other villages or to a larger road . Largely out of ...
... village life . Villages were usually built along a road ( ' animal track ' might be a better term ) or path that bisected the village . Commonly , this path ran out of the village to other villages or to a larger road . Largely out of ...
Page 247
... villages stretched up the Bosphorus and on the Marmara shore . Typically , each had a small port area , a small commercial street along the water , and another commercial street that extended away from the shore . On the Bosphorus , the ...
... villages stretched up the Bosphorus and on the Marmara shore . Typically , each had a small port area , a small commercial street along the water , and another commercial street that extended away from the shore . On the Bosphorus , the ...
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... villages . Once a few villages in a district had been levelled and their inhabitants killed , the other villagers of the district fled . The Circassian men who would have fought on were unwilling to do so when fighting meant the deaths ...
... villages . Once a few villages in a district had been levelled and their inhabitants killed , the other villagers of the district fled . The Circassian men who would have fought on were unwilling to do so when fighting meant the deaths ...
Contents
Origins of the Turks to 1281 | 1 |
The First Ottomans 12811446 | 33 |
The Ottoman Classical Age 14461566 | 65 |
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