Ottoman Empire (World History, #0)

The Ottoman Empire stood for more than six centuries as one of the most powerful and influential states in world history. Emerging from a small Anatolian principality at the end of the thirteenth century, it grew into a vast empire that spanned Southeast Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa. This book offers a clear and compelling account of the Ottoman rise, expansion, administration, and eventual decline.

Beginning with Osman I and the early ghazi warriors, the narrative follows the dram...