The Ottoman Empire: The Classical Age 1300-1600 by Halil Inalcik (PDF)

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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. “…masterly…Halil Inalcik is one of the foremost living students of Ottoman history…Read this book…”–Times Literary Supplement.

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⭐Prof. Inalcik’s _The Ottoman Empire: the classical age_ is a great introduction to the origins and rise of the Ottoman Empire, from mountain bandits to conquorers of the eastern Mediterranean and Balkans. The organization of the book causes a little repetition, but the history is superb.The book is broken into four parts: the first is a general outline of the political rise and growth of the empire. In it, Inalcik brings up some points that certainly caused me to reassess the importance of the Ottomans – among them, their role in helping the Reformation become a success by (inadvertently) causing the Habsburgs to agree to the Treaties of Trent and of Augsberg, thereby allowing Protestant enclaves to continue and thrive, and the importance the Ottomans had in the birth and growth of the Renaissance.The remaining sections address in detail the domestic and foreign policy of the Ottoman state, its economic and social life, and the nature of religion and culture in Ottoman lands. The information here was detailed and certainly helped broaden my understanding of the the influence the Ottomans had in the Balkans and Levant. His discussion of religion, in particular drew my attention. The Ottoman empire, mind you, was not only tolerant of Judiasm and Christianity, but the Sultan went so far as to see himself as the protector of Orthodox Christianity from the influence of Rome – much in the same way the Ottomans sought to protect Protestants, although this rationale may have been more out of political expedience than genuine religious fervor. Similarly his discussion of the complex relationship between Sultan and the religious class was excellent.Because of the book was topically rather than strictly chronologically organized, it did become repetitive in places, particularly during the remarkable reign of Beyezid II (1481 – 1512) due to the number of far-reaching changes socially, politically and econcomically during that time. I also wish he had given more attention in his discussion of Ottoman society to the role of women (beyond those in the Sultan’s harem), and of the bazzari (merchant) classes.Inalcik keeps the narrative moving at a brisk pace, giving details to support the larger historical themes managing to provide enough historical examples without becoming bogged down in minutate. This is perfect for amateur historians or those interested in a deeper understanding of Balkan and Near Eastern culture and institutions. A recommended read.

⭐It seems that I am the first person to write a negative review of this book. The main problem with this book is that it is badly written. It seems that the author had a bunch of information and just put them next to each other. Some might try to explain this by saying that this is an academic book and not an introduction, but this excuse does not stand. There are so many books out there that are advanced and yet well written and are very hard to let go before you have finished reading them.In the introduction the author mentions that his friend Bernard Lewis talked him into writing this book. At that moment I had a strange feeling that somewhere in the book we will have an explanation for the downfall of the Ottoman Empire that serves the Bush doctrine, and the author did not let me down. Apparently one of the reasons for the decline of the Empire was that the extremists became more powerful than the moderate elite and that the Empire did not let go of its near-eastern institutions for the more modern European ones. Instead, the author should have described how the then-powerful institutions of the Ottoman Empire stopped functioning properly after the mothers of the Sultans became too powerful and the janissaries turned their weapons in the wrong direction from outside of the borders, to the interior. The downfall of the Empire was not due to Europe becoming more efficient, this was a by-product of the downfall. The downfall was the result of an internal disease which reduced the Sultan to a puppet, made the janissaries a dominant minority and hence alienated the people.

⭐When I read the first chapter, it struck me as a list of wars and battles, who fought who and which side won. The style was sterile and could have been referring to business transactions. There was no sense of the savagery of the battles or the horrors awaiting those who lost. I hoped that the rest of the book would not be like this.And it wasn’t. However, there was no cohesion to the book. Each chapter stood on its own, dissecting a different aspect of the society.I did not get a sense of what engine drove the expansion and durability of the Empire or what the experience was like for those peoples who were conquered by it.

⭐This is an excellent book for those, who are interested in understanding not only Ottoman history but today’s geopolitics and how history relates to current events. Can’t drive on an empty tank!

⭐I was delighted with the content. I was in Crostia when I purchasef it on my Kindle. Gerald

⭐I just ordered the digital Kindle edition and it is horrible. While I believe the author, Halil İnalcık, probably deserves four stars for his writing and expertise, I just fail to understand flowing text and pasting Turkish letters like “ı” or “ğ” into the flowing text. Why not just use a print replica like textbooks? I would rather just pay the print price for a print replica or “original copy” than put up with the trashy formatting that flowing text produces.

⭐Excellent book to learn about the structure of the Ottoman empire during its growth years. Professor Inalcik is among the most respected history scholars specializing on Ottoman history.

⭐Excellent

⭐Good product

⭐A bit all over the place. I was expecting more structure and events to be in order but that wasn’t case. Still a good read though.

⭐Excellent book. Paper quality, printing is excellent but please buy book from flipkart or other vendor. They sent in proper box with good packaging. Amazon packaging is bad, books comes in thin polythene damaged, creased, dirty everytime. If we are purchasing news book it should not come to you damaged.

⭐ist der Gründer des Lehrstuhls für die Forschung osmanischer Geschichte in den Vereinigten Staaten. Er ist der absolute Experte, wenn es um die Geschichte des osmanischen Reiches geht. In einer angenehmen Sprache erhält man viele Informationen über die Gründung des Osmanischen Reiches und dessen Verbindung zum Byzantinischen Reich. Interessanterweise waren diese Reiche nicht immer in einem feindlichen Verhältnis zueinander, sondern zweitweise auch Allierte. Eine Info, die man heutzutage nicht für selbstverständlich halten kann. Kaufempfehlung!Empfehle ich jedem, der sich für die Osmanische Geschichte interessiert in hoher englischer Sprache.

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