A History of the Ottoman Empire Douglas A. Howard is an English-language textbook that comprehensively covers the history of the Ottoman Empire. The book is aimed at students in higher education and professionals who delve into the dynasty and its sphere of influence.
The textbook describes the rise, flourishing, and decline of the Ottoman Empire from an integral approach, with worldview and society at its core. Howard emphasizes the role of the Ottoman sultans and their court, the development of the fiscal system, and discusses important works from Ottoman literature. Topics such as spirituality, conceptions of time, migration, violence, and societal changes are covered in depth.
With more than eighty illustrations, maps, and text boxes, this book is an indispensable source for courses on the history of the Ottomans, the Middle East, the Islamic world, and Eastern Europe.
This textbook is thematically aligned with fields such as Middle Eastern history, HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, and Regional History.