This highly-praised and authoritative account surveys the history of the Ottoman Empire from its obscure origins in the fourteenth century, through its rise to world-power status in the sixteenth century, to the troubled times of the seventeenth century. Going beyond a simple narrative of Ottoman achievements and key events, Colin Imber uses original sources and research, as we...(展开全部)

A preeminent scholar of Turkish history vividly portrays 300 years of this distinctively Eastern culture as it grew from a military principality to the world's most powerful Islamic state. He paints a striking picture of the prominence of religion and warfare in everyday life, as well as the traditions of statecraft, administration, social values, financial, and land policies. ...(展开全部)

A preeminent scholar of Turkish history vividly portrays 300 years of this distinctively Eastern culture as it grew from a military principality to the world's most powerful Islamic state. He paints a striking picture of the prominence of religion and warfare in everyday life, as well as the traditions of statecraft, administration, social values, financial, and land policies. ...(展开全部)

The Ottoman chronicles recount that the first sultan, Osman, dreamt of the dynasty he would found - a tree, fully-formed, emerged from his navel, symbolising the vigour of his successors and the extent of their domains. This is the first book to tell the full story of the Ottoman dynasty that for six centuries held sway over territories stretching, at their greatest, from Hunga...(展开全部)

The Ottoman chronicles recount that the first sultan, Osman, dreamt of the dynasty he would found - a tree, fully-formed, emerged from his navel, symbolising the vigour of his successors and the extent of their domains. This is the first book to tell the full story of the Ottoman dynasty that for six centuries held sway over territories stretching, at their greatest, from Hunga...(展开全部)

艾伦·帕尔默（Alan Palmer，1926— ），毕业于牛津大学国王学院，英国历史学家、历史及传记作家。他于1980年被选为英国皇家文学学会会员。其作品包括《哈布斯堡的黄昏》（Twilight of the Habsburgs）、《英格兰的国王与女王》（Kings and Queens of England）、《亚历山大一世：沙皇的战争与和平》（Alexander I: Tsar of War and Peace）等。 汪枫，历史图书作者、译者，世界史专业，中国翻译协会会员。曾参与国家社科基金特别委托项目“中国周边国家对华关系档案收集及历史研究”。著有《南美大陆的战火：三国同盟战争》《北欧雄狮：古斯塔夫二世传》等，译有《决胜波罗的海：瑞典帝国百年战史》《维京人》等。

艾伦·帕尔默（Alan Palmer，1926— ），毕业于牛津大学国王学院，英国历史学家、历史及传记作家。他于1980年被选为英国皇家文学学会会员。其作品包括《哈布斯堡的黄昏》（Twilight of the Habsburgs）、《英格兰的国王与女王》（Kings and Queens of England）、《亚历山大一世：沙皇的战争与和平》（Alexander I: Tsar of War and Peace）等。 汪枫，历史图书作者、译者，世界史专业，中国翻译协会会员。曾参与国家社科基金特别委托项目“中国周边国家对华关系档案收集及历史研究”。著有《南美大陆的战火：三国同盟战争》《北欧雄狮：古斯塔夫二世传》等，译有《决胜波罗的海：瑞典帝国百年战史》《维京人》等。

艾伦·帕尔默（Alan Palmer，1926— ），毕业于牛津大学国王学院，英国历史学家、历史及传记作家。他于1980年被选为英国皇家文学学会会员。其作品包括《哈布斯堡的黄昏》（Twilight of the Habsburgs）、《英格兰的国王与女王》（Kings and Queens of England）、《亚历山大一世：沙皇的战争与和平》（Alexander I: Tsar of War and Peace）等。 汪枫，历史图书作者、译者，世界史专业，中国翻译协会会员。曾参与国家社科基金特别委托项目“中国周边国家对华关系档案收集及历史研究”。著有《南美大陆的战火：三国同盟战争》《北欧雄狮：古斯塔夫二世传》等，译有《决胜波罗的海：瑞典帝国百年战史》《维京人》等。

艾伦·帕尔默（Alan Palmer，1926— ），毕业于牛津大学国王学院，英国历史学家、历史及传记作家。他于1980年被选为英国皇家文学学会会员。其作品包括《哈布斯堡的黄昏》（Twilight of the Habsburgs）、《英格兰的国王与女王》（Kings and Queens of England）、《亚历山大一世：沙皇的战争与和平》（Alexander I: Tsar of War and Peace）等。 汪枫，历史图书作者、译者，世界史专业，中国翻译协会会员。曾参与国家社科基金特别委托项目“中国周边国家对华关系档案收集及历史研究”。著有《南美大陆的战火：三国同盟战争》《北欧雄狮：古斯塔夫二世传》等，译有《决胜波罗的海：瑞典帝国百年战史》《维京人》等。

While the Ottoman Empire is most often recognized today as a land power, for four centuries the seas of the Eastern Mediterranean were dominated by the Ottoman Navy. Yet to date, little is known about the seafarers who made up the sultans' fleet, the men whose naval mastery ensured that an empire from North Africa to Black Sea expanded and was protected, allowing global trading...(展开全部)