Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Note on Pronunciation
- Map of the Growth of the Ottoman Empire to 1683
- Part One Rise of the Ottoman Empire, 1280–1566
- Part Two Decentralization and Traditional Reform in Response to Challenge
- Map of the Decline of the Ottoman Empire, 1683–1924
- Bibliography: Ottoman History to 1808
- Index
Part Two - Decentralization and Traditional Reform in Response to Challenge
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 February 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Note on Pronunciation
- Map of the Growth of the Ottoman Empire to 1683
- Part One Rise of the Ottoman Empire, 1280–1566
- Part Two Decentralization and Traditional Reform in Response to Challenge
- Map of the Decline of the Ottoman Empire, 1683–1924
- Bibliography: Ottoman History to 1808
- Index
Summary
Starting midway in the reign of Süleyman the Magnificent and continuing almost without pause until the end of the eighteenth century the complex structure of Ottoman government and society began to come apart in a process that gradually sapped the empire's strength and led to the loss of territories and increasing domination of European imperialism, which led to its being called the “sick man of Europe” as it entered the modern world during the nineteenth century.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1976