| Edition |
First edition. |
| Physical Description |
viii, 543 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm |
| Summary |
The Ottoman Empire has long been depicted as the Islamic, Asian antithesis of the Christian, European West. But the reality was starkly different: the Ottoman's domain was multiethnic, multilingual, and mulitreligous, 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. 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. Gripping an authoritative, The Ottomans reveals the dynasty's full history and its enduring impact on Europe and the world. |
| Contents |
Introduction: the white castle -- The beginning: Gazi Osman and Orhan -- The sultan and his converted slaves: Murad I -- Resurrecting the dynasty: Bayezid I, Mehmed I, and Murad II -- Conquering the second Rome: Mehmed II -- A Renaissance prince: Mehmed II -- A pious leader faces enemies at home and abroad: Bayezid II -- Magnificence: from Selim I to the first Ottoman caliph, Suleiman I -- Sultanic saviours -- The Ottoman age of discovery -- No way like the 'Ottoman way' -- Harem means home -- Bearded men and beardless youths -- Being Ottoman, being Roman: from Murad III to Osman II -- Return of the Gazi: Mehmed IV -- A Jewish messiah in the Ottoman palace -- The second siege of Vienna and the sweet waters of Europe: from Mehmed IV to Ahmed III -- Reform: breaking the cycle of rebellion from Selim III to Abdülhamid II -- Looking within: the Ottoman Orient -- Saving the dynasty from itself: young Turks -- The genocide of the Armenians and the first world war: Talat Pasha -- The end: Gazi Mustafa Kemal -- Conclusion: the Ottoman past endures. |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 472-524) and index. |
| Subject |
Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
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