Goodwin, Jason, 1964-

Lords of the horizons : a history of the Ottoman Empire. - London : Vintage, 1999. - 288 pages : illustrations

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.

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1288-1918


Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
Empire ottoman--Histoire.
Turkey.


History.

DR486 .G66 1999

956.1/015 956.015