Between Two Worlds
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A01=Cemal Kafadar
Author_Cemal Kafadar
balkans
byzantine
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christian
crusades
cultural historian
cultural history
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ethnic
ethnicity
faith
gaza
historian
historiography
identity
imperial
international
linguistic
medieval
middle ages
muslim
ottoman empire
ottoman period
ottoman state
political
politics
religion
religious
roman empire
tribal
world history
Product details
- ISBN 9780520206007
- Weight: 318g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 07 Nov 1996
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Cemal Kafadar offers a much more subtle and complex interpretation of the early Ottoman period than that provided by other historians. His careful analysis of medieval as well as modern historiography from the perspective of a cultural historian demonstrates how ethnic, tribal, linguistic, religious, and political affiliations were all at play in the struggle for power in Anatolia and the Balkans during the late Middle Ages. This highly original look at the rise of the Ottoman empire--the longest-lived political entity in human history--shows 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 Eastern Roman Empire.
Cemal Kafadar is Associate Professor of History at Harvard University.
