Under Osman's Tree: The Ottoman Empire, Egypt, and Environmental History

by Alan Mikhail

Book Overview

Osman, the founder of the Ottoman Empire, had a dream in which a tree sprouted from his navel. As the tree grew, its shade covered the earth; as Osman's empire grew, it, too, covered the earth. This is the most widely accepted foundation myth of the longest-lasting empire in the history of Islam, and offers a telling clue to its unique legacy. Underlying every aspect of the Ottoman Empire's epic history-from its founding around 1300 to its end in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022663888X
• ISBN13: 9780226638881
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"