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Books about Studies in Ottoman Naval History and Maritime Geography
Language: en
Pages: 1088
Pages: 1088
"David Abulafia's new book guides readers along the world's greatest bodies of water to reveal their primary role in human history. The main protagonists are the three major oceans-the Atlantic, the Pacific, and the Indian-which together comprise the majority of the earth's water and cover over half of its surface.
Language: en
Pages: 468
Pages: 468
This collection of studies on Persian and Turkish themes ranges over several disciplines - religion, literature, history, art and music - but focusses particularly on the eastern Iranian world, Ottoman studies and problems of nationalism in early modern Iran and Turkey.
Language: en
Pages: 288
Pages: 288
Between 1492 and 1914, Europeans conquered 84 percent of the globe. But why did Europe establish global dominance, when for centuries the Chinese, Japanese, Ottomans, and South Asians were far more advanced? In Why Did Europe Conquer the World?, Philip Hoffman demonstrates that conventional explanations—such as geography, epidemic disease, and
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Books about Catalogue...authors, Titles, Subjects, and Classes
Language: en
Pages: 352
Pages: 352
Lauded as one of the finest books in the field of naval history, this comprehensive account of sixteenth century galley warfare includes detailed descriptions of all major actions in the Mediterranean and around the Arabian peninsula. First published in 1974 and recently revised the work is packed with technological insights
Language: en
Pages: 238
Pages: 238
A study of the technological limitations of maritime traffic in the Mediterranean, seen in conjunction with the geographical conditions within which it operated.
Language: en
Pages: 403
Pages: 403
Books about The Early-modern World-system in Geographical Perspective