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The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs

byMarc David Baer

Focused on khans, Caesars, and Caliphs, The Ottomans brings Marc David Baer's historical account to a complex and consequential subject. The book builds its explanation through key episodes, competing interests, and the setting supplied by the connected fields of history and religion. Throughout, the author balances an accessible narrative with the complexity needed to understand motives, constraints, and disputed interpretations. Together, these elements make The Ottomans an accessible guide to the subject and the questions it continues to raise. Historical context and individual experience remain equally important to the book's explanation.

Publisher

Basic Books

Publication date

2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

560

ISBN

9781541673809