{"product_id":"between-two-worlds-9780520206007","title":"Between Two Worlds","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume looks at the rise of the Ottoman Empire - the longest-lived political entity in human history - showing the transformation of a tiny frontier enterprise into a centralized imperial state that saw itself as both leader of the world's Muslims and heir to the the Eastern Empire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   PREFACE                                             \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    CHRONOLOGY                                         \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction                                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Background and Overview                              \u003cbr\u003e    Identity and Influence in the History of Nations    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Moderns                                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    The Rise of the Ottoman State in Modern\u003cbr\u003e      Historiography                                    \u003cbr\u003e    The Wittek Thesis and Its Critics                   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    2\u003cbr\u003e The Sources                                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Gaza and Gazis in the Frontier Narratives of\u003cbr\u003e      Medieval Anatolia                                 \u003cbr\u003e    The Chronicles of the House of Osman and Their\u003cbr\u003e      Flavor: Onion or Garlic?                          \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    3\u003cbr\u003e The Ottomans: The Construction of the Ottoman State   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Strategizing for Alliances and Conflicts:\u003cbr\u003e      The Early Beglik                                 \u003cbr\u003e    Into the Limelight and the Rise of Tensions        \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      Epilogue: The Creation of an Imperial Political\u003cbr\u003e       Technology and Ideology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS  \u003cbr\u003e       NOTES                 \u003cbr\u003e       SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY  \u003cbr\u003e       INDEX ","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402804175191,"sku":"9780520206007","price":24.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520206007.jpg?v=1730481555","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/between-two-worlds-9780520206007","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}