TY  - BOOK
AU  - Foss,Clive
TI  - The beginnings of the Ottoman Empire
T2  - Oxford studies in Byzantium
SN  - 9780198865438
AV  - DR486 .F67 2022
U1  - 956/.015 23/eng/20230104
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Oxford, United Kingdom
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Osman
KW  - Orhan Gazi,
KW  - Turkey
KW  - History
KW  - Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
KW  - Empire ottoman
KW  - Histoire
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-254) and index; Machine generated contents note; 1; Homeland of the Ottomans --; 2; View from Byzantium --; 3; Reconciling the Accounts --; 4; Non-Narrative Sources --; 5; Overlords --; 6; Osman and his Neighbors --; 7; Western Asia Minor in the 1330s --; 8; Aftermath --; 9; Final Thoughts
N2  - "The Ottoman Empire ruled the near East, dominated the Mediterranean, and terrorized Europe for centuries. However, its origins are obscure. The Beginnings of the Ottoman Empire illuminates the founding of the Empire, drawing on Turkish, Greek, Arabic, and Latin sources as well as coins, buildings, and topographic evidence. Clive Foss takes the reader through the rugged homeland of Osman, the founder of the Ottomans, placing his achievement in the context of his more powerful neighbours, most notably the once mighty Byzantine Empire, then in the terminal stages of its decline. Foss then charts the progress of Osman's son Orhan, until the fateful moment in 1354 when his forces crossed into Europe and began their spectacular conquests."--
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