Table of Contents

Illustrations A Note on Transliteration Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: The Physical and Historiographic Space Part I: The Ottomans and Levantine Foreign Policy 2. The Western Salient: Venice, Ismail Safavi, and Europe 3. The Eastern Salient: Ismail Safavi and the Mamluks 4. Ottoman Naval Development Part II: Traders, Trade Goods, and Trade Zones 5. The Aegean, the Mediterranean, and the Grain Trade 6. Trade on the Eastern Salient 7. Conclusion: The Ottoman Economic Mind in the Context of World Power Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

About the Author

Palmira Brummett is Professor in the Department of History at the University of Tennessee.

Reviews

Brummett has a clear-sighted view of the Euro-Asian commercial continuum, and is successful in drawing the Ottoman experience into western historiography. She is especially convincing on the Ottomans as a seaborne empire among rivals, a refreshing antidote to the general histories on the period which are generally dismissive about mercantilism in the empire. This is a well-crafted and very readable narrative." - Virginia H. Aksan, McMaster University "Brummett answers questions that have been in the field for a long time, and raises others not yet conceived. She thoroughly revises current European historiography on the nature of the Ottoman Empire and the whole international scene during a crucial period of transition." - Linda T. Darling, University of Arizona