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The beginnings of the Ottoman Empire / Clive Foss.

By: Foss, Clive [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford studies in ByzantiumPublisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: First editionDescription: xvii, 262 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780198865438; 0198865430Subject(s): Osman I, Sultan of the Turks, 1258-1326 | Orhan Gazi, Sultan of the Turks, 1281-1360 or 1361 | 1288-1918 | Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 | Empire ottoman -- Histoire | TurkeyGenre/Form: HistoryAdditional physical formats: Electronic version:: Beginnings of the Ottoman Empire.DDC classification: 956/.015 LOC classification: DR486 | .F67 2022
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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."-- Back jacket cover.
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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.

"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."-- Back jacket cover.