Geographical Knowledge and Imperial Culture in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire e-bog
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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 Em...
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473,39 DKK
Forlag
Routledge
Udgivet
5 december 2016
Længde
210 sider
Genrer
1QDT
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781351934213
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.