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Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire

✍ Scribed by Goodwin, Jason

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.;Picador
Year: 2014;2003
Tongue: English
Weight: 628 KB
Edition: First Picador edition
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 1446420159

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✦ Synopsis

A history of the Ottoman Turks, founders of an empire lasting 600 years and stretching from the Persian Gulf to Hungary, to Algeria. The author describes the harems, the artistic and technological achievements--the cannon was first used by them in the siege of Constantinople--and the religious tolerance to which he attributes the empire's longevity.

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