The Ottoman Empire: The Classical Age 1300-1600

The Ottoman Empire: The Classical Age 1300-1600

Book is in good condition! There is light wear from use. There is some underlining and marks in the margins.

A preeminent scholar of Turkish history vividly portrays 300 years of this distinctively Eastern culture as it grew from a military principality to the world's most powerful Islamic state. He paints a striking picture of the prominence of religion and warfare in everyday life, as well as the traditions of statecraft, administration, social values, financial, and land policies. "...masterly...Halil Inalcik is one of the foremost living students of Ottoman history...Read this book..."--Times Literary Supplement.