Historical Dictionary of the Ottoman Empire

Historical Dictionary of the Ottoman Empire

Author: Selcuk Aksin Somel

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2003-02-13

Total Pages: 509

ISBN-13: 0810866064

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Here you will find an in-depth treatise covering the political social, and economic history of the Ottoman Empire, the last member of the lineage of the Near Eastern and Mediterranean empires and the only one that reached the modern times both in terms of internal structure and world history.


Historical Dictionary of Turkey

Historical Dictionary of Turkey

Author: Metin Heper

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 796

ISBN-13: 9781538102244

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"Contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and extensive bibliography, and nearly one thousand cross-referenced entries on Turkey."--Provided by publisher.


Historical Dictionary of Turkey

Historical Dictionary of Turkey

Author: Metin Heper

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2009-01-21

Total Pages: 577

ISBN-13: 0810862816

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The third edition of the Historical Dictionary of Turkey explores the history of this fascinating country through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, events, and institutions, as well as on significant political, economic, social, and cultural aspects.


A History of the Ottoman Empire

A History of the Ottoman Empire

Author: Douglas A. Howard

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-01-09

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 0521898676

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This illustrated textbook covers the full history of the Ottoman Empire, from its genesis to its dissolution.


Historical Dictionary of Kosovo

Historical Dictionary of Kosovo

Author: Robert Elsie

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2010-11-15

Total Pages: 453

ISBN-13: 0810874830

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As the seventh and probably last state to arise from the ruins of the former Yugoslavia, Kosovo is the newest country in Europe. For centuries, Kosovo, also known as Kosova, was part of the Ottoman Empire, and for most of the 20th century, it was a province of what was once Yugoslavia. After the military conflict in 1998-1999 and a period of administration by the United Nations, Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia on February 17, 2008. Focusing not only on Kosovo's turbulent recent years, the second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Kosovo also relates the country's rich culture and long history. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, places, and events; institutions and organizations; and political, economic, social, cultural, and religious facets. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Kosovo.


Historical Dictionary of Islam

Historical Dictionary of Islam

Author: Ludwig W. Adamec

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2016-12-14

Total Pages: 657

ISBN-13: 1442277246

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Muslims believe that the Koran is God’s message in Arabic, revealed through the medium of the Prophet Muhammad for the guidance of the Arabs and subsequently for all humanity. There is both unity and variety in the Islamic world. Muslims are not a homogeneous people who can be explained solely by their normative texts: the Koran and the Sunnah. Muslims differ vastly in their interpretation of Islam: modernists want to reinterpret Islam to adapt to the requirements of modern times while traditionalists tend to look to the classical and medieval periods of Islam as their model of the Islamic state. This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Islam contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on major sects, schools of theology, and jurisprudence, as well as aspects of Islamic culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Islam.


Historical Dictionary of North Macedonia

Historical Dictionary of North Macedonia

Author: Dimitar Bechev

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2019-09-03

Total Pages: 453

ISBN-13: 1538119625

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Located in the middle of the Balkans, North Macedonia reflects the turbulent history of the region. The country emerged from former Yugoslavia in the 1990s without violence but struggled to achieve international recognition due to a dispute with neighboring Greece over its name and symbols. The name issue was resolved only in 2018 with the signature of the Prespa Agreement reviving prospects for membership in NATO and the European Union (EU). Yet North Macedonia’s story goes centuries back, to the Middle Ages, the period of Ottoman Rule which lasted until 1912, and the various reincarnations of Yugoslavia. The historical dictionary traces the country’s past and present with a wealth of articles on issues, events, institutions, personalities shaping political, economic and cultural life. It looks at the majority Macedonian as well as other ethnic communities such as the Albanians, Turks and the Roma. There are also entries on North Macedonia’s relations with neighbors, in history and today, as well as with global powers. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of North Macedonia contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about North Macedonia.


Historical Dictionary of the Russian Civil Wars, 1916-1926

Historical Dictionary of the Russian Civil Wars, 1916-1926

Author: Jonathan D. Smele

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2015-11-19

Total Pages: 1471

ISBN-13: 1442252812

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This book is a detailed reference of the twentieth century struggles that were waged across and beyond the decaying Russian Empire at the end of the First World War, as tsarism and democratic alternatives to it collapsed and the world’s first Communist state, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was born. At the same time, it is a necessary corrective to studies that have viewed events of the time as a unitary “Russian Civil War” that sprang from the Russian Revolution of 1917. Instead, it contributes to the ongoing process of integrating the civil wars into a “continuum of crises” that wracked the Russian Empire and its would-be successor states across a prolonged period. The Historical Dictionary of the Russian Civil Wars, 1916-1926 covers the history of this period through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has almost 2,000 cross-referenced entries on individuals, political and governmental institutions and political parties, and military formations and concepts, as well as religion, art, film, propaganda, uniforms, and weaponry. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Russian Civil War.