Ottoman Empire: A Captivating Guide to the Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Empire, The Fall of Constantinople, and the Life of Suleiman t (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781647482534)

If you want to discover captivating stories of people and events of the Ottoman Empire then keep reading...

Three captivating manuscripts in one book:

• The Ottoman Empire: A Captivating Guide to the Rise and Fall of the Turkish Empire and its Control Over Much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa
• The Fall of Constantinople: A Captivating Guide to the Conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks that Marked the end of the Byzantine Empire
• Suleiman the Magnificent: A Captivating Guide to the Longest-Reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman world was nothing like an exotic fairytale featuring tyrant sultans, mean pashas, and ill-fated harem women. The true stories of genuine sultans and princes are a bit more complicated and no less exciting.

Incredible facts about this empire still surprise anyone who starts discovering those stories. You'll find out that, for quite a while, this Islamic state was effectively ruled by women, and that's just the beginning.

Some of the topics covered in part 1 of this book include:

• The First Sultan
• The Conqueror
• The Just and the Resolute
• The Magnificent
• Friend
• The Power of Harem
• The Sultanate of Women
• The Supreme Valide
• Husbands and Sons
• Grandest of the Grand
• Flower Power: the Age of Tulips
• Transformation
• A Step toward Modernization
• The Reorganization
• The Last Absolute Ruler
• The End of the Ottoman Empire

Some of the topics covered in part 2 of this book include:

• The Gateway to the West
• God Wills It: Knights of the First Crusade
• Broken Promises: The Fourth Crusade
• Schisms in the Church
• Preparation: The Big Guns
• Constantinople: The Final Stand
• The aftermath

Some of the topics covered in part 3 of this book include:

• The World Before Suleiman I
• Succession
• Lover, Poet, & Patron of the Arts
• Father
• Friend
• Campaigner
• Statesman
• And much, much more

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