Geographical Knowledge and Imperial Culture in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire

Geographical Knowledge and Imperial Culture in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire
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Total Pages : 315
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ISBN-10 : 9781351934213
ISBN-13 : 135193421X
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Book Synopsis Geographical Knowledge and Imperial Culture in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire by : Pinar Emiralioglu

Download or read book Geographical Knowledge and Imperial Culture in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire written by Pinar Emiralioglu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the reasons for a flurry of geographical works in the Ottoman Empire in the sixteenth century, this study analyzes how cartographers, travellers, astrologers, historians and naval captains promoted their vision of the world and the centrality of the Ottoman Empire in it. It proposes a new case study for the interconnections among empires in the period, demonstrating how the Ottoman Empire shared political, cultural, economic, and even religious conceptual frameworks with contemporary and previous world empires.

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