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... centre , and certainly preserved there , is testimony to the key role played by officials at the centre . While Akkerman was a nexus for trade and the surrounding steppe supported herd- ing and some agriculture , all of which generated ...
... centre , and certainly preserved there , is testimony to the key role played by officials at the centre . While Akkerman was a nexus for trade and the surrounding steppe supported herd- ing and some agriculture , all of which generated ...
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... centre managed state affairs . By 1908 , the number of civil officials had risen to 35-50,000 . The numbers had increased as the range of centralised state functions rose : Istanbul added responsibility for public services such as urban ...
... centre managed state affairs . By 1908 , the number of civil officials had risen to 35-50,000 . The numbers had increased as the range of centralised state functions rose : Istanbul added responsibility for public services such as urban ...
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the centre's usual tactic was to try to broker a truce between rivals when the empire faced a military crisis . This worked on occasion , albeit rarely for very long.33 Istanbul could at least tolerate this situation because Ali ...
the centre's usual tactic was to try to broker a truce between rivals when the empire faced a military crisis . This worked on occasion , albeit rarely for very long.33 Istanbul could at least tolerate this situation because Ali ...
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Defining and Mapping the Ottoman Frontier in | 31 |
Rivers Forests | 57 |
The Ottoman Conquest of Arabia and the Syrian Hajj Route | 81 |
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