| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
1. Prologue: Origins of the Turks, to 1281 -- The Turks and Islam -- The Seljuks -- Anatolia -- Mongol rule in Anatolia -- 2. The First Ottomans, 1281-1446 -- Turkish Anatolia -- Interregnum and reconstitution of the Empire -- Those in power -- Mehmet I and Murat II -- 3. The Ottoman Classical Age, 1446-1566 -- The reign of sultan Mehmet II -- The reign of sultan Bayezit II -- The reign of sultan Selim I -- The reign of Suleyman the Magnificent -- The achievement of the first ten sultans -- 4. The Ottoman State -- Rule in the age of Suleyman -- Provincial government -- The military -- Merit and advancement -- The non-Muslims of the Empire -- Economic organization -- 5. Destabilization, 1566-1789 -- The Ottomans and Europe -- The Ottoman economy -- Destabilization at the centre -- Rebellion and decentralization in Ottoman Asia -- Ottoman attempts at reform -- Survival of the Empire -- 6. Imperialism and Nationalism -- The contraction of the Ottoman Empire -- The Ottomans and the Europeans -- The nationalism of the Ottoman minorities -- Turkish nationalism -- The nationalism of other ethnic groups -- The alliance of imperialism and nationalism -- 7. Environment and Life -- Ottoman crops and animals -- Nomads -- Villages -- Towns and cities -- Provincial cities -- Istanbul -- 8. Turkish Society and Personal Life -- Marriage and the family -- Male and female -- Life and death -- 9. Reform, 1789-1912 -- Sultan Selim III -- Sultan Mahmud II -- The age of the Tanzimat -- The Ottoman constitution -- The reign of Abdulhamit II -- The Young Turk revolution -- The government of the Committee of Union and Progress -- Success or failure? -- 10. The Human Disaster -- The Crimean Tatars -- Exile in the East -- The Caucasian exiles -- Greek independence -- Serbia and Bulgaria, 1875-78 -- The Balkan Wars -- The effects of imperialism and nationalism -- 11. The Great War, 1912-18 -- The Balkan Wars -- The sides are drawn -- The war -- The defeat of the Empire -- 12. Revival, 1918-23 -- The Turkish national resistance -- The Grand National Assembly -- The war in the east -- The war in the south -- The war in the west -- The price of war -- The Turks and the Turkish Republic |
| Notes |
Originally published: 1997 by Pearson Education Limited |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
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Manners and customs
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| SUBJECT |
Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85138802
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Turkey -- Social life and customs
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| Subject |
Turkey
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317890485 |
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1317890485 |
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130687064X |
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9781306870641 |
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9781315842974 |
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1315842971 |
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9781317890461 |
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1317890469 |
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9781317890478 |
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1317890477 |
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9781138138070 |
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113813807X |
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9780582256552 |
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0582256550 |
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