ISLA 315. Ottoman State and Society to 1839.

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ISLA 315
Ottoman State and Society to 1839.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

The emergence and development of the Ottoman Empire from its beginnings around 1300 until the Tanzimat Edict of Reform in 1839. A trajectory of Ottoman history from a small principality to a centralized empire, then to a decentralized governmental structure. In addition to chronological developments, questions of imperialideology and the management of ethnically and religiously diverse communities across a vast territory. Exploration of the place of the Ottomans in the early modern world, and their ideological and diplomatic rivalry with other major empires.

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