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Imperial Legacy The Ottoman Imprint on the Balkans and the Middle East

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ISBN-10: 0231103050

ISBN-13: 9780231103053

Edition: 1996

Authors: L. Brown, L. Carl. Brown, L. Carl Brown

List price: $42.00
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The Ottoman Empire ranks alongside the Roman and Byzantine as one of the most powerful and long-lasting imperial systems in world history. In existence from the late thirteenth century until 1923 and embracing at its height most of Southeastern Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, it was certainly the most imposing and arguably the most influential political system over the course of more than a millennium of Islamic history. Though the Ottoman Empire left an indelible mark on people in many parts of the world, in the modern West its influence is little understood. For many living in former Ottoman-controlled regions, this heritage is often rejected or misrepresented as unwanted…    
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Book details

List price: $42.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 9/29/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.89" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

The Background: An Introduction
Perceptions and Parallels
The Meaning of Legacy: The Ottoman Case
The Problem of Perceptions
The Arab World and the Balkans
The Ottoman Legacy in the Balkans
Yougoslavia's Disintegration and the Ottoman Past
Memory, Heritage, and History: The Ottomans and the Arabs
The Ottoman Legacy in Arab Political Boundaries
The Political Dimension
The Ottoman Legacy and the Middle East State Tradition
The Ottoman Administrative Legacy and the Modern Middle East
Ottoman Diplomacy and its Legacy
The Imperial Language
The Ottoman Legacy to Contemporary Political Arabic
The Ottoman Legacy in Language
Europe, Economics and War
The Economic Legacy
The Military Legacy
Religion and Culture
Islam and the Ottoman Legacy in the Modern Middle East
The Ottoman Educational Legacy: Myth or Reality?
Epilogue