An Historical Geography of the Ottoman Empire: From Earliest Times to the End of the Sixteenth Century |
Contents
Chapter One The Historical Background | 21 |
Chapter Two The Foundation of the Ottoman Power | 35 |
Chapter Three The Conquests of Murad I and Bayezid I 13621402 | 41 |
Chapter Four The Recovery after Ankara 140251 | 57 |
Chapter Five The Second Period of Expansion 14511503 | 75 |
Chapter Six From Sultanate to Empire 150320 | 100 |
Chapter Seven The Climax and Breakdown of the Imperial Achievement 1520 | 110 |
Chapter Eight The Political Geography of the Imperial Administration | 124 |
Chapter Nine The Ottoman Provinces in the 16th Century | 136 |
Index of Place Names | 145 |
Common terms and phrases
16th century Adana Aegean Ahmed Akşehir Albania Amasya Anatolia Ankara annexed Antalya Arabia army Asia Minor attack Aydın Balkan battle Bayezid Bayezid II Belgrade beylerbeyi Beyşehir Black Sea Bosnia Byzantine campaign captured coast conquest Constantinople crusade Danube defeated district Dulkadir east Egypt emirate Erzincan Erzurum Europe expedition eyâlet frontier garrisons gazi Genoese Germiyan Giray Greek hordes Hungarian Hungary included invasion Islam Istanbul Karaman Kastamonu Kayseri Khan kingdom Konya Krim Kroya Kurdistan Kütahya later London Mamluk Mehmed Mehmed II Mehmed's Mengli Mengli Giray Menteşe Moldavia Mongol Morea Murad Orhan Osman Ottoman Empire Paris Paşa peninsula period Persian political geography Porte princes province raids reign Rhodes rule ruler Rumeli Samtskhe sancaks Saruhan Selcuk Selim Semendire Serbia Sivas Stephen steppes Süleyman Sultan suzerainty Syria Tatars Teke territory took towns treaty Trebizond tribute Turkish Türkmen Turks Uzun Hasan vassal Venetian Venice victory Wallachia