Lords of the Horizons A History of the Ottoman Empire

Name: Lords of the Horizons A History of the Ottoman Empire
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ISBN: 9780312420666

ISBN-10: 0312420668

ISBN-13: 9780312420666

Edition: N/A

Authors: Jason Goodwin

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For six hundred years, the Ottoman Empire swelled and declined. Islamic, martial, civilized, and tolerant, it advanced in three centuries from the dusty foothills of Anatolia to rule on the Danube and the Nile; at its height, Indian rajahs and the kings of France beseeched the empire's aid. In its last three hundred years the empire seemed ready to collapse, a prodigy of survival and decay. In this striking evocation of the empire's power, Jason Goodwin explores how the Ottomans rose and how, against all odds, they lingered on. In doing so, he also offers a long look back to the origins of problems that plague present-day Kosovars and Serbs.

Book details

List price: $22.00
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: 1/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Map of the Ottoman Empire


Prologue



Curves and Arabesques



Origins



The Balkans



Thunderbolt



The Siege



The Centre



The Palace



War



Suleyman the Magnificent



Order



Cities



The Sea



Rhythms



The Turkish Time



The Turkish Time



Stalemate



The Cage



The Spiral



The Empire



Hoards



Hoards



Koprulu and Vienna



Austria and Russia



Ayan



Shamming



Borderlands



The Auspicious Event



The Bankrupt


Epilogue


Ottoman Sultans


An Ottoman Chronology


Glossary


Gazetteer


Bibliography


Acknowledgements


Index