Baer, Marc David
The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs
- ISBN 13:
- 9781541673809
- author:
- Baer, Marc David
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Basic Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 560
- Dimensions:
- 23.8 x 14.8 x 4.6 centimeters (0
- Genre:
- History, Europe, Baltic States,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
The Ottomans: Sultans, Khans, and Caesars For nearly five hundred years, the Ottoman Empire straddled East and West, negotiating the challenges of religious difference in ways that had a profound influence on the emergence of our modern world. Historian Marc David Baer offers a bold new history of this complex and multifaceted empire, tracing its origins to the tribes of Turks and Tatars pushed westward into Anatolia by Mongol expansion in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The Ottomans' rise to power was a tripartite inheritance, drawing on the Islamic scholars and Sufi sheikhs who proselytized Islam across the region, the Byzantine empire they supplanted, and the Mongol frontier. This delicate balance allowed the Ottomans to pioneer the principles and practices of toleration of religious minorities, even as they also freely used religious conversion to integrate conquered peoples into the imperial project. The Ottomans' rulers did not only call themselves khans and sultans, but also caliphs, emperors, and caesars. This unique blend of identities reflects the empire's complex and dynamic nature, and offers a fascinating glimpse into the challenges and opportunities faced by those who ruled this vast and multicultural world.
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