Table of Contents

Preface; Abbreviations; Note on pronunciation; Map of the growth of the Ottoman Empire to 1683; Part I. Rise of the Ottoman Empire, 1280–1566: 1. The Turks in history; 2. The first Ottoman Empire, 1280–1413; 3. Restoration of the Ottoman Empire, 1413–1451; 4. The apogee of Ottoman power, 1451–1566; 5. The dynamics of Ottoman society and administration; Part II. Decentralization and Traditional Reform in Response to Challenge: 6. Decentralization and traditional reform, 1566–1683; 7. New challenges and responses, 1683–1808; 8. Ottoman society, administration, and culture in the age of decentralization and traditionalistic reform, 1566–1808; Map of the decline of the Ottoman Empire, 1683–1924; Bibliography: Ottoman history to 1808; Index.

Promotional Information

This is the first book of the two-volume History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey.