The Ottoman Empire and its conflicts provide one of the longest continuous narratives in military history. Its rulers were never overthrown by a foreign power and no usurper succeeded in taking the throne. At its height under the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Empire became the most powerful state in the world - a multi-national, multilingual empire that stretched from Vienna to the upper Arab peninsula. With Suleiman's death began the gradual decline to the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699 in which the Ottoman Empire lost much of its European territory. This volume covers the main campaigns and the part played by such elite troops as the Janissaries and the Sipahis, as well as exploring the social and economic impact of the conquests.
Название: The Ottoman Empire 1326–1699
Author: Stephen Turnbull
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 22 Oct 2003
Серия: Essential Histories
ISBN: 9781841765693
Страниц: 96 pages
Язык: english
Формат: pdf в rar
Размер: 16.4 Мб
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