Istanbul and the Civilization of the Ottoman Empire

by Bernard Lewis

Book Overview

On Tuesday, May 29, 1453, the young Sultan Mehemmed, known to history as "the Conqueror," launched the final assault against the walls of Constantinople and added that imperial capital, as coping stone; to the Empire that his fathers had conquered. As the Sultan's Imam intoned the Muslim creed within the walls of Hagia Sophia, the Greek cathedral become a Turkish mosque, and the curtain went up on a new era. In this, the ninth volume of The Centers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806110600
• ISBN13: 9780806110608
• Release Date: December 1972
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.9" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

A wonderfull book on Ottoman Empire

He is one of the leading western experts on Ottoman Empire. The book is organized and written beautifully. I believe anyone who wants to have a serious opinion of Ottomans HAS TO read this book.