| Description |
xi, 146 pages : folded map. ; 21 cm. |
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The Global history series |
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Global history series.
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| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 144-146. |
| Contents |
PART 1. THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE: 1.The character of the Ottoman Empire ; 2. The Ottoman slave system: the Devshirme or Child Tribute ; 3. The Ottoman Administration ; 4. The Janissaries and the Ottoman Army ; 5. Religious minorities in the Ottoman Empire ; 6. Muhammad the Conqueror ; 7. The Turkish siege of Vienna, 1529 -- PART 2. SAFAVID PERSIA: 8. 8. The rise of the Safavids ; 9. The earliest European accounts of Shah Isma'il -- PART 3. THE SCHISM IN THE MUSLIM WORLD: 10. Sultan Selim's letter to Shah Isma'il ; 11. The Battle of Chaldiran, 1514 ; 12. The effect of firearms on Middle East politics around 1500 -- PART 4. MAMLUK EGYPT: 13. The character of Mamluk rule ; 14. An Egyptian chronicler describes the Ottoman defeat of the Mamluks, 1516 -- PART 5. ISLAM IN THE EURASIAN STEPPES: 15. An Italian envoy crosses the Land of the Golden Horde ; 16. The Uzbeks: Shaibani, the Last Nomad Conqueror -- PART 6. MOGUL INDIA: 17. Babur's account of India and of his victory at Panipat, 1526 ; 18. The character and achievement of Babur ; 19. A comparison of the Ottoman and Mogul Empire -- PART 7. ISLAM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: 20. A Hindu Raja accepts Islam ; 21. The coming of Islam to Southeast Asia -- PART 8. ISLAM IN NEGRO AFRICA: 22. The Muslim Negro kingdoms of Africa around 1500 -- PART 9. THE NAVAL STRUGGLE BETWEEN CHRISTENDOM AND ISLAM: 23.The Ottoman Navy ; 24. Cairo receives the news of the fall of Constantinople ; 25. Rome receives the news of the fall of Granada ; 26. Ottoman interest in America: the "Columbus Map" ; 27. The establishment of Ottoman power in North Africa ; 28. Arab-Muslim control over India's overseas trade in the fifteenth century ; 29. Vasco Da Gama arrives at Calicut, 1498 ; 30. Arab reaction to the Portuguese intrusion ; 31. The first European enters Mecca and Medina, 1503 ; 32. The Ottoman challenge to the Portuguese ; 33. The Portuguese in Abyssinia ; 34. The King of Abyssinia describes how the Portuguese helped him expel the Muslim invaders ; 35. The Ottoman economy and the shifting trade routes ; 36. The revolution in world communications around 1500 -- PART 10. THE MUSLIM CLIMATE OF THOUGHT: 37. A pious Muslim scholar "refutes" philosophy and science ; 38. The decline of Muslim culture. |
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Islamic countries -- History.
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Islamic civilization.
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