Lords of the horizons : a history of the Ottoman Empire.
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TextPublication details: London : Vintage, 1999. Description: 288 pages : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0099994003; 9780099994008Subject(s): 1288-1918 | Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 | Empire ottoman -- Histoire | TurkeyGenre/Form: History.DDC classification: 956.1/015 | 956.015 LOC classification: DR486 .G66 1999Other classification: 15.50 Online resources: More Info | cover art Summary: A history of the Ottoman Turks, founders of an empire lasting 600 years and stretching from the Persian Gulf to Hungary, to Algeria. The author describes the harems, the artistic and technological achievements--the cannon was first used by them in the siege of Constantinople--and the religious tolerance to which he attributes the empire's longevity.
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Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 1998.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A history of the Ottoman Turks, founders of an empire lasting 600 years and stretching from the Persian Gulf to Hungary, to Algeria. The author describes the harems, the artistic and technological achievements--the cannon was first used by them in the siege of Constantinople--and the religious tolerance to which he attributes the empire's longevity.