God's shadow Sultan Selim, his Ottoman empire, and the making of the modern world
"An explosive global history that redefines the historical origins of the modern world through the life of Sultan Selim I and his Ottoman Empire. Long neglected in accounts of world history, the Ottoman Empire was a hub of flourishing intellectual fervor, geopolitical power, and enlightened pluralis...
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New York, NY :
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.,
[2020]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Prince (1470-87): Perfume of the world ; Empire boys ; An Ottoman abroad
- Governor (1487-1500): Learning the family business ; Power at the edge
- The Ottoman (1492): Columbus and Islam ; Columbus's crusade ; New World Islam ; Christian Jihad ; The Taino-Muslims of Hispaniola ; Finding Ottoman Jerusalem
- Enemies near and far (1500-1512): Heresy from the East ; Enemies everywhere ; Summer in Crimea ; Bound for Istanbul ; One and only Sultan
- Selim's world wars (1512-18): "Their abode is hell" ; Fraternal empires ; Conquering the navel ; Conquering the world
- Final frontiers (1518-20): Empire everywhere ; Fulcrum of the Atlantic ; Eternity
- Descendants (after 1520): Selim's reformations ; American Selim
- Coda: Shadows over Turkey.
