The Ottoman Empire began in 1300 under the almost legendary Osman I, reached its apogee in the sixteenth century under Suleiman the Magnificent, whose forces threatened the gates of Vienna, and gradually diminished thereafter until Mehmed VI was sent into exile by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.In this definitive history of the Ottoman Empire, Lord Kinross, painstaking historian and superb writer, never loses sight of the larger issues, economic, political, and social At the same time he delineates his characters with obvious zest, displaying them in all their extravagance, audacity and, sometimes, ruthlessness. Read The Ottoman Centuries – q4is.co.uk
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- Paperback
- 640 pages
- The Ottoman Centuries
- John Patrick Douglas Balfour
- English
- 04 January 2017 John Patrick Douglas Balfour
- 0688080936
Despite being a Scotsman, Lord Kinross has written a very balanced and readable Ottoman history He respects the empire and reports and analyzes the history without bombast or a Eurocentric bent This would be a good book for anyone interested in European or Middle Eastern history.There is a lot here to keep readers interested How the first sultans conquered through both force and patiently playing off the animosities between Latin and Greek Christians How the Ottomans created a model of rule Despite being a Scotsman, Lord ...
A Historical Treasure.For many Westerners, a notable omission from our pre adult schooling is the history of the Ottoman Empire, which began in about 1300 A.D and lasted several centuries before its dissolution shortly after World War I In terms of an introduction, I know of no better introductory course with which to fill these knowledge gaps than The Ottoman Centuries, by the late great Scot, Sir Patrick Balfour, aka Lord Kinross.In his illustrated and mapped 622 page volume, Kinross trace A Historical Treasure.For many Westerners, a notable omission from our pre adult schooling is the h...
Not since Shelby Foote s wonderful The Civil War A Narrative have I enjoyed a history book as much I did The Ottoman Centuries John Patrick Douglas Balfour, aka Lord Kinross, tells the complex story of the rise and fall of the Ottomans by using its sultans and its foreign relations as the lens The combination works well, as the personalities of this long line of absolute rulers were imprinted on the empire, and the connections to Europe much greater than I had known ground the narra Not since Shelby Foote s wonderful The Civil War A Narrative have I enjoyed a history book as much I did The Ottoman Centuries John Patrick Douglas Balfour, aka Lord Kinross, tells the complex story of the rise and fall of the Ottomans by using its sultans and its foreign relations as the lens The combination works well, as the personalities of this long line of absolute rulers were imprinted on the empire, and the connections to Europe much greater than I had known ground the narrative for a Western reader.And given the continued importance of the Middle East and Islamic states in the modern world, a better understanding of their roots can only be a positive, as for example, the power of Islamic fundamentalism was an integral part of even this very powerful empire throughout its existence.For me, another plus w...
The Ottoman Empire lasted a shade over six centuries, and Lord Kinross covers its history in a bit over 600 pages 600 quite good pages, with a fair number of full page images mostly period portraits or landscapes and a small number of maps This is high level history, so details are often sparse, but it does the job of outlining the course of the Ottoman state well.This is not a new history , or new anything, even for when it came out in 1977 It is a long look at an admired subject, al The Ottoman Empire lasted a shade over six centuries, and Lord Kin...
This book was a plethora of information and I was able to learn a lot Luckily, I had been playing quite a bit of Europa Universalis IV, so I was somewhat familiar with some of the locations and historical concepts.I found the earlier parts of the Ottoman Empireinteresting, learning about how the first few Sultans were able to form their new dynasty After Sultan 10, the quality and competency of the Sultans were all down hill from there The book was still chock full of information, but Thi...
Though readable and maybe a good introduction to the topic, this book is utterly western in its approach and, therefore, it s difficult to get into any approximation of the mindset of the Ottomans while reading it A glance at the Select Bibliography and it is a short list shows only English titles and a handful of French and German titles No Turkish titles, no primary sources.Thus, while the book sweeps centuries, it might have serious issues passing as the thesis of a graduate student in hi Though readable and maybe a good introduction to the topic, this book is utterly western in its approach and, therefore, it s difficult to get into any approximation of the mindset of the Ottomans while reading it A ...
Knowing very little about the scope of Ottoman history and then mostly from the perspective of Western Europe, I snapped this up during a work break from the Amarinth Bookstore in downtown Evanston It was just what I wanted a general survey written for the layperson.
Why did Constantinople get the works Covering 622 years of history in exactly that many pages is no joke, especially when your subject is as vast as the Ottoman Empire, that began with Osman in the year 1300 and shuffled off the record in 1923, when the man who became known as Ataturk shipped the last sultan into exile To write about so much history is necessarily to choose certain topics to the detriment of others Lord Kinross made his choices, and though I will argue with him over this and Why did Constantinople get the works Covering 622 years of history in exactly that many pag...
This was a terrifically readable history in which Lord Kinross seamlessly switched back and forth between the individual characters and the overall picture That sor less what the blurb boasted and it is exactly what the book delivered This really brought to life the Ottomans, who were muchimportant historically than I had realised I could not put this book down during some parts, particularly the chapters on Mehmed the Conqueror, Suleiman the Magnificent, and Mahmud II Reading ab This was a terrifically readable history in which Lord Kinross seamlessly switched back and forth between the individual characters and the overall picture That sor less what the blurb boasted and it is exactly what the book delivered This really brought to life the Ottomans, who were muchimportant historically than I had realised I could not put this book down during some parts, particularly t...
This is a book written as a history to the six century long Ottoman Empire..The author started his six hundred plus page book with the westward migration of the Turkmen tribes from the Central Asian steppes finally reaching Asia Minor The rise of the Ottoman principality from between the other Turkmen principalities in Anatolia at the dawn of the fourteenth century and the birth of the Ottoman dynasty to last six centuries ending the book with final collapse of the empire at the start the twen This is a book written as a history to the six century long Ottoman Empire..The author started his six hundred plus page book with the westward migration of the Turkmen tribes from the Central Asian steppes finally reaching Asia Minor The rise of the Ottoman principality from between the other Turkmen principalities in Anatolia at the dawn of the fourteenth century and the birth of the Ottoman dynasty to last six centuries ending the book with final collapse of the empire at the start the twentieth century with the ...