Author: Jerry Pournelle
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780441382989
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
On a planet populated by humans kidnapped from different periods in Earth's history, Rick Galloway and a band of mercenaries attempt to unite the warring groups of humans
Janissaries II
Author: Jerry Pournelle
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780441382989
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
On a planet populated by humans kidnapped from different periods in Earth's history, Rick Galloway and a band of mercenaries attempt to unite the warring groups of humans
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780441382989
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
On a planet populated by humans kidnapped from different periods in Earth's history, Rick Galloway and a band of mercenaries attempt to unite the warring groups of humans
The Janissaries
Author: Godfrey Goodwin
Publisher: Saqi
ISBN: 0863567819
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
From the fifteenth to the sixteenth century, the janissaries were the scourge of Europe. With their martial music, their muskets and their drilled march, it seemed that no one could withstand them. Their loyalty to their corps was infinite as the Ottomans conquered the Balkans as far as the Danube, and Syria, Egypt and Iraq. They set up semi-independent states along the North African coast and even fought at sea. Their political power was such that even sultans trembled. Who were they? Why were they an elite? Why did they decline and what was their end? These are some of the questions which this book attempts to answer. It is the story of extraordinary personalities in both victory and defeat. 'An incredible book ... a tour de force' Middle East International 'Well written and lucid.' Muslim World Books Review 'Goodwin has done so much in his scholarly career to introduce a wide audience to Ottoman culture.' Financial Times
Publisher: Saqi
ISBN: 0863567819
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
From the fifteenth to the sixteenth century, the janissaries were the scourge of Europe. With their martial music, their muskets and their drilled march, it seemed that no one could withstand them. Their loyalty to their corps was infinite as the Ottomans conquered the Balkans as far as the Danube, and Syria, Egypt and Iraq. They set up semi-independent states along the North African coast and even fought at sea. Their political power was such that even sultans trembled. Who were they? Why were they an elite? Why did they decline and what was their end? These are some of the questions which this book attempts to answer. It is the story of extraordinary personalities in both victory and defeat. 'An incredible book ... a tour de force' Middle East International 'Well written and lucid.' Muslim World Books Review 'Goodwin has done so much in his scholarly career to introduce a wide audience to Ottoman culture.' Financial Times
The Destruction of the Janissaries in June 1826
Author: Howard Alexander Reed
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Janizaries
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Janizaries
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
Janissaries
Author: Pournelle
Publisher: Baen
ISBN: 9780671877095
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Captain Rick Galloway and his men had been talked into volunteering for a dangerous mission--inly to be ruthlessly abandoned when faceless CIA higher-ups pulled the plug on the operation. They were cut off in hostile territory, with local troops and their Cuban advisors rapidly closing in. And then the alien spacceship landed.
Publisher: Baen
ISBN: 9780671877095
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Captain Rick Galloway and his men had been talked into volunteering for a dangerous mission--inly to be ruthlessly abandoned when faceless CIA higher-ups pulled the plug on the operation. They were cut off in hostile territory, with local troops and their Cuban advisors rapidly closing in. And then the alien spacceship landed.
Frontiers of Ottoman Studies: Volume II
Author: Colin Imber
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857712829
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Frontiers of Ottoman Studies provides a comprehensive overview of the surge in research into Ottoman history and culture of the past two decades. The second volume covers Ottoman-European International Relations; Ottoman manuscripts in Europe; Ottoman-European cultural exchange and Christian influence and the advent of the Europeans. The work makes a significant contribution to diplomatic history and international relations; Ottoman geographical knowledge; the nature of Ottoman artistic and cultural aesthetics and the intellectual, cultural, technological and human interactions between the Ottoman world and Europe.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857712829
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Frontiers of Ottoman Studies provides a comprehensive overview of the surge in research into Ottoman history and culture of the past two decades. The second volume covers Ottoman-European International Relations; Ottoman manuscripts in Europe; Ottoman-European cultural exchange and Christian influence and the advent of the Europeans. The work makes a significant contribution to diplomatic history and international relations; Ottoman geographical knowledge; the nature of Ottoman artistic and cultural aesthetics and the intellectual, cultural, technological and human interactions between the Ottoman world and Europe.
Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire
Author: Ga ́bor A ́goston
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438110251
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 689
Book Description
Presents a comprehensive A-to-Z reference to the empire that once encompassed large parts of the modern-day Middle East, North Africa, and southeastern Europe.
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438110251
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 689
Book Description
Presents a comprehensive A-to-Z reference to the empire that once encompassed large parts of the modern-day Middle East, North Africa, and southeastern Europe.
Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Istanbul
Author: Robert Bator
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 9780822532170
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
A historical exploration of events and daily life in Istanbul in both ancient and modern times.
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 9780822532170
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
A historical exploration of events and daily life in Istanbul in both ancient and modern times.
A General History of the Christian Era
Author: Anthony Guggenberger
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World history
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World history
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
A General History of the Christian Era: The social revolution
Author: Anthony Guggenberger
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World history
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World history
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Ottoman Wars, 1700-1870
Author: Virginia Aksan
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317884027
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 571
Book Description
The Ottoman Empire had reached the peak of its power, presenting a very real threat to Western Christendom when in 1683 it suffered its first major defeat, at the Siege of Vienna. Tracing the empire’s conflicts of the next two centuries, The Ottoman Wars: An Empire Besieged examines the social transformation of the Ottoman military system in an era of global imperialism Spanning more than a century of conflict, the book considers challenges the Ottoman government faced from both neighbouring Catholic Habsburg Austria and Orthodox Romanov Russia, as well as - arguably more importantly – from military, intellectual and religious groups within the empire. Using close analysis of select campaigns, Virginia Aksan first discusses the Ottoman Empire’s changing internal military context, before addressing the modernized regimental organisation under Sultan Mahmud II after 1826. Featuring illustrations and maps, many of which have never been published before, The Ottoman Wars draws on previously untapped source material to provide an original and compelling account of an empire near financial and societal collapse, and the successes and failures of a military system under siege. The book is a fascinating study of the decline of an international power, raising questions about the influence of culture on warfare.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317884027
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 571
Book Description
The Ottoman Empire had reached the peak of its power, presenting a very real threat to Western Christendom when in 1683 it suffered its first major defeat, at the Siege of Vienna. Tracing the empire’s conflicts of the next two centuries, The Ottoman Wars: An Empire Besieged examines the social transformation of the Ottoman military system in an era of global imperialism Spanning more than a century of conflict, the book considers challenges the Ottoman government faced from both neighbouring Catholic Habsburg Austria and Orthodox Romanov Russia, as well as - arguably more importantly – from military, intellectual and religious groups within the empire. Using close analysis of select campaigns, Virginia Aksan first discusses the Ottoman Empire’s changing internal military context, before addressing the modernized regimental organisation under Sultan Mahmud II after 1826. Featuring illustrations and maps, many of which have never been published before, The Ottoman Wars draws on previously untapped source material to provide an original and compelling account of an empire near financial and societal collapse, and the successes and failures of a military system under siege. The book is a fascinating study of the decline of an international power, raising questions about the influence of culture on warfare.