A Times Literary Supplement and History Today Book of the Year. The Ottoman Empire was a hub of flourishing intellectual fervour, geopolitical power, and enlightened pluralistic rule. At the helm of its ascent was the omnipotent Sultan Selim I (1470–1520). Alan Mikhail centres Selim’s Ottoman Empire and Islam as the very pivots of global history, redefining such world-changing events as Christopher Columbus’s voyages, the Protestant Reformation, and the transatlantic slave trade. Mikhail’s ground-breaking account vividly recaptures Selim’s life, radically reshaping our understanding of a world we thought we knew.
- Publisher: Faber
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Publication date:
03/06/2021
- ISBN: 9780571331949
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Page extent:
576
- Format: Paperback
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Dimensions:
198 mm x 129 mm
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