1453 the Conquest
Author: Beyazit Akman
Publisher:
Published: 2020-12-15
Total Pages: 608
ISBN-13: 9786257852074
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The Ottoman Empire
Author: Halil İnalcık
Publisher:
Published: 1973
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCross and Crescent in the Balkans
Author: David Nicolle
Publisher:
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is not just another retelling of the Fall of Constantinople, though it does include a very fine account of that momentous event. It is the history of a quite extraordinary century and a bit which began when a tiny force of Ottoman Turkish warriors was invited by the Christian Byzantine Emperor to cross the Dardanelles from Asia into Europe to assist him in one of the civil wars which were tearing the fast-declining Byzantine Empire apart. One hundred and eight years later the Byzantine capital of Constantinople fell to what was by then a hugely powerful and expanding empire of the Islamic Ottoman Turks, whose rulers came to see themselves as the natural and legitimate heirs of their Byzantine and indeed Roman predecessors. The book sets the scene, explains the background and tells the story, both military, political, cultural and personal, of the winners and the losers, plus those 'outsiders' who were increasingly being drawn into the dramatic story of the rise of the Ottoman Empire. AUTHOR: David Nicolle is a leading expert on the history of medieval warfare, in particular the Crusades and Middle Eastern warfare, and he is a prolific writer of books on these subjects as well as articles and magazine articles. SELLING POINTS: -Explains how the Ottoman Turks conquered South East Europe -Sets the final fall of the 'Roman' Byzantine Empire in its full context -Undoubtedly one of the leading authors in this field ILLUSTRATIONS 33 b/w photographs
The Conquest of Turkey
Author: Linus Pierpont Brockett
Publisher:
Published: 1878
Total Pages: 804
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first eight chapters and the biographies of this work are abridged from L.P. Brockett's history The Cross and the Crescent, written at the beginning of the Russo-Turkish War. Bliss then added an account of that war, primarily with London newspaper reports as sources, particularly the Daily News. The first eight chapters contain the history of Russia, Turkey, Bulgaria, and an assessment of the military, diplomatic, and economic situation of each country in the lead up to 1877.
The Last Muslim Conquest
Author: Gábor Ágoston
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2023-09-12
Total Pages: 688
ISBN-13: 0691205396
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA monumental work of history that reveals the Ottoman dynasty's important role in the emergence of early modern Europe The Ottomans have long been viewed as despots who conquered through sheer military might, and whose dynasty was peripheral to those of Europe. The Last Muslim Conquest transforms our understanding of the Ottoman Empire, showing how Ottoman statecraft was far more pragmatic and sophisticated than previously acknowledged, and how the Ottoman dynasty was a crucial player in the power struggles of early modern Europe. In this panoramic and multifaceted book, Gábor Ágoston captures the grand sweep of Ottoman history, from the dynasty's stunning rise to power at the turn of the fourteenth century to the Siege of Vienna in 1683, which ended Ottoman incursions into central Europe. He discusses how the Ottoman wars of conquest gave rise to the imperial rivalry with the Habsburgs, and brings vividly to life the intrigues of sultans, kings, popes, and spies. Ágoston examines the subtler methods of Ottoman conquest, such as dynastic marriages and the incorporation of conquered peoples into the Ottoman administration, and argues that while the Ottoman Empire was shaped by Turkish, Iranian, and Islamic influences, it was also an integral part of Europe and was, in many ways, a European empire. Rich in narrative detail, The Last Muslim Conquest looks at Ottoman military capabilities, frontier management, law, diplomacy, and intelligence, offering new perspectives on the gradual shift in power between the Ottomans and their European rivals and reframing the old story of Ottoman decline.
The Conquest of Constantinople
Author: Robert de Clari
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9780231136693
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Fourth Crusade (1202-1204) comprised French knights and Venetian sailors; they set out to capture the Holy Land but ended up sacking Constantinople, the Byzantine capital. Robert of Clari, an obscure knight from Picardy, provides an extraordinary account of the trials, travails, and decidedly mixed triumphs of the Fourth Crusade. Told from the perspective of an ordinary soldier, The Conquest of Constantinople offers a rare and colorful firsthand description of the crusaders' various experiences, including the hardships they endured and the battles they fought.
The Fall of Constantinople
Author: David Nicolle
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: 2007-05-22
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781846032004
DOWNLOAD EBOOKByzantium was the last bastion of the Roman Empire following the fall of the Western Roman Empire. It fought for survival for eight centuries until, in the mid-15th century, the emperor Constantine XI ruled just a handful of whittled down territories, an empire in name and tradition only. This lavishly illustrated book chronicles the history of Byzantium, the evolution of the defenses of Constantinople and the epic siege of the city, which saw a force of 80,000 men repelled by a small group of determined defenders until the Turks smashed the city's protective walls with artillery. Regarded by some as the tragic end of the Roman Empire, and by others as the belated suppression of an aging relic by an ambitious young state, the impact of the capitulation of the city resonated through the centuries and heralded the rapid rise of the Islamic Ottoman Empire.
Women in the Middle East
Author: Nikki R. Keddie
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2012-08-09
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 140084505X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten by a pioneer in the field of Middle Eastern women's history, Women in the Middle East is a concise, comprehensive, and authoritative history of the lives of the region's women since the rise of Islam. Nikki Keddie shows why hostile or apologetic responses are completely inadequate to the diversity and richness of the lives of Middle Eastern women, and she provides a unique overview of their past and rapidly changing present. The book also includes a brief autobiography that recounts Keddie's political activism as one of the first women in Middle East Studies. Positioning women within their individual economic situations, identities, families, and geographies, Women in the Middle East examines the experiences of women in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey, in Iran, and in all the Arab countries. Keddie discusses the interaction of a changing Islam with political, cultural, and socioeconomic developments. In doing so, she shows that, like other major religions, Islam incorporated ideas and practices of male superiority but also provoked challenges to them. Keddie breaks with notions of Middle Eastern women as faceless victims, and assesses their involvement in the rise of modern nationalist, socialist, and Islamist movements. While acknowledging that conservative trends are strong, she notes that there have been significant improvements in Middle Eastern women's suffrage, education, marital choice, and health.
The Remaking of Republican Turkey
Author: Nicholas Danforth
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2021-06-24
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 1108833241
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDrawing on a diverse array of published and archival sources, Nicholas L. Danforth synthesizes the political, cultural, diplomatic and intellectual history of mid-century Turkey to explore how Turkey first became a democracy and Western ally in the 1950s and why this is changing today.
Istanbul and the Civilization of the Ottoman Empire
Author: Bernard Lewis
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1963
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780806110608
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAdministration, society and intellectual life of the Turkish Empire during the two centuries that followed the capture of Constantinople in 1453.
