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... decline . If internal decay rather than territorial loss be taken as the index , the starting date may be pushed ... decline . They hoped it would shortly be ar- rested by restoration of the order that had produced the golden age . At ...
... decline . If internal decay rather than territorial loss be taken as the index , the starting date may be pushed ... decline . They hoped it would shortly be ar- rested by restoration of the order that had produced the golden age . At ...
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... decline can more readily be described than explained . The simplest description is to indicate first what happened within the empire , and then the military failures and territorial losses that made the decline externally obvious . The ...
... decline can more readily be described than explained . The simplest description is to indicate first what happened within the empire , and then the military failures and territorial losses that made the decline externally obvious . The ...
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... decline ? Various foreign observers , now more scornful of the Ottomans than frightened by them , emphasized their vices rather than their virtues , and thought they perceived a decline in character . Drunkenness , pederasty ...
... decline ? Various foreign observers , now more scornful of the Ottomans than frightened by them , emphasized their vices rather than their virtues , and thought they perceived a decline in character . Drunkenness , pederasty ...
Contents
ONE Contemporary Turkey | 1 |
TWO From Steppe to Empire | 15 |
THREE The Golden Age of the Ottoman Empire | 32 |
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