The Frontiers of the Ottoman WorldA.C.S. Peacock This is the first major comparative study of the frontiers of the Ottoman Empire, one of the crucial forces that shaped the modern world. The essays combine archaeological and historical approaches to further understanding of how this major empire approached the challenge of controlling frontiers as diverse and far-flung as Central and Eastern Europe, Anatolia, Iraq, Arabia, and the Sudan. Ranging across the 15th to early 20th centuries, essays cover frontier fortifications, administration, society, and economy and shed light on the Ottomans' interaction with their neighbours, both Muslim and Christian, through warfare, trade and diplomacy. As well as summing up the current state of knowledge they also point the way to fresh avenues of research. The Frontiers of the Ottoman World will be essential reading for historians and archaeologists of the Middle East and early modern Central and Eastern Europe. Giving a particular prominence to the nascent discipline of Ottoman archaeology, the volume will also be of particular interest to students of Islamic archaeology. |
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Page 74
... western Hungary ( present - day south - western Slovakia ) between the main branch of the River Danube and the Little Danube , known formerly as the Csalló River - lay in the immediate vicinity of the two forts . Meeting the timber and ...
... western Hungary ( present - day south - western Slovakia ) between the main branch of the River Danube and the Little Danube , known formerly as the Csalló River - lay in the immediate vicinity of the two forts . Meeting the timber and ...
Page 117
... western and south - western Greece lie the Ionian Islands , including Cerigo ( Cythera ) and Cerigotto ( Anticythera ) . All were ruled by the Venetian Republic in 1670 , and major fortresses were located at Corfu and Santa Maura ...
... western and south - western Greece lie the Ionian Islands , including Cerigo ( Cythera ) and Cerigotto ( Anticythera ) . All were ruled by the Venetian Republic in 1670 , and major fortresses were located at Corfu and Santa Maura ...
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... western slope and involved timed scanning and recovery in 18 grid - squares each of about 30 metres . Of the seven main types of munitions , representing either outgoing or incoming fire , the following quan- tities were collected ...
... western slope and involved timed scanning and recovery in 18 grid - squares each of about 30 metres . Of the seven main types of munitions , representing either outgoing or incoming fire , the following quan- tities were collected ...
Contents
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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Aden Africa akçes Akkerman fortress Anatolia Ankara Aqaba Arab Arabia archaeology archival army Balkans Bihać Black Sea border British Academy building C.Hariciye Cambridge campaign Caroline Finkel castle centre ceramics Christian conquest construction Danube defence documents early east eastern Egypt eighteenth century European Evliya Çelebi excavations Figure fortifications forts Funj garrison governor Hapsburg Hungarian Hungary Ibid imperial İnalcık Ionian Iraq Islamic island Istanbul Iznik Janissaries Karamanid Kelefa kilometres Konya Krajina land late London Ma'an Mamluk Mediterranean Mehmed Mehmed II metres modern mosque Muslim nineteenth century northern Osmanlı Ottoman administration Ottoman Empire Ottoman frontier Ottoman period Ottoman rule palanka Pasha political population port yard pottery province region river route Rumbek Safavid sancak Seddülbahir seventeenth century Seyahatname Shi'i sixteenth century slaves soldiers Studies Suakin Sudan Süleyman Sultan Tarihi territory timar towers town trade troops Turkish University Press Vidin walls Yemen zariba