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The Foundation of the Ottoman Empire; a history of the Osmanlis up to the death of Bayezid I (1300-1403) — Herbert Adams Gibbons

The Foundation of the Ottoman Empire; a history of the Osmanlis up to the death of Bayezid I (1300-1403)

Herbert Adams Gibbons

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  • Book language: English
  • 336 pages

A scholarly history of the early Ottoman state, tracing the Osmanlis from their beginnings to the death of Bayezid I in 1403. It examines their conquests in the Balkans and Asia Minor and early encounters with Byzantium. Listeners interested in Ottoman origins and medieval Near Eastern history will find it informative.

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Contents.
Index
List of Maps
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Chronological Tables
Bibliography
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THE FOUNDATION OF THE
OTTOMAN EMPIRE
CONQUESTS OF MURAD & BAYEZID
IN THE BALKAN PENINSULA & OF BAYEZID IN ASIA MINOR
[Largest view.]
THE FOUNDATION
OF
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
A HISTORY OF THE OSMANLIS UP TO THE DEATH OF BAYEZID I
(1300-1403)
BY
HERBERT ADAMS GIBBONS, Ph.D.
SOMETIME FELLOW OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1916

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Contents

  1. THE FOUNDATION OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
  2. PREFACE
  3. CONTENTS
  4. MAPS
  5. CHAPTER I OSMAN A NEW RACE APPEARS IN HISTORY
  6. CHAPTER II ORKHAN A NEW NATION IS FORMED AND COMES INTO CONTACT WITH THE WESTERN WORLD
  7. CHAPTER III MURAD THE OSMANLIS LAY THE FOUNDATIONS OF AN EMPIRE IN EUROPE
  8. CHAPTER IV BAYEZID THE OSMANLIS INHERIT THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
  9. APPENDIX A TRADITIONAL MISCONCEPTIONS OF THE ORIGIN OF THE OSMANLIS AND THEIR EMPIRE
  10. APPENDIX B THE EMIRATES OF ASIA MINOR DURING THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY
  11. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES
  12. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  13. INDEX
  14. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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