The Ottoman Empire
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (545 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0727YWTB5 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 532 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Welcome to a fascinating story of the triumph and tragedy, war and peace, intellectual progress and civil insurrection of a great empire that, for all its glory and grandeur, has left an important legacy that will shape the future of the Balkan nation-states, the Turkish Republic, and the Arab world - and those of us in the West as well.. You'll cover everything from Rumi, the whirling dervishes, and the importance of the sultan's grand viziers to the wars of Sultan Suleiman I, the shadowy politics of the Committee of Union and Progress, and the birth of the Turkish Republic under Kemal Atatürk. Over the course o
Embarrassing really Dan B. I had studied Ottoman history years ago at university, and purchased this course in order to brush up on the topic. Well, this lengthy course did serve that purpose, because it's quite comprehensive. Regretfully, however, I cannot say that I found anything new or original here. I think the professor is trying to operate outside his core competence. In fact, the course seems in long sections to resemble a Sparks Notes on the multi-volume Cam