Nomads and Ottomans in Medieval Anatolia

by Rudi Paul Lindner and Stephen Halkovic

Rudi Paul Linder examines the the impact of nomadism on early Ottoman history and challenges the conclusions of Paul Wittek's Rise of the Ottoman Empire, which defined the approaches of more than two generatios of scholars. Nomads and Ottomans in Medieval Anatolia offers a revealing study of pastoral nomads inhabiting the Anatolian plateau, the ways they met their needs, their threat to settled society, and how that society controlled...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0933070128
• ISBN13: 9780933070127
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Sinor Research Institute of Inner Asian Studi
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher