PDF Francis; Bishop of Rome by Allan Figueroa Deck in History

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Interdisciplinary in conception; this cooperative study by the world’s lead­ing Islamists consists of sixteen chapters and three general introductions tracing in historical perspective the adminis­trative; economic; and cultural aspects of various regions of the Ottoman Em­pire as well as the overall structure of the Empire itself. A complete glossary of Arabic; Turkish; and Persian terms is provided; as well as a bibliography of major works in European and non-European languages. More than forty photographs illustrate changing tastes in Islamic architecture and art. The fourth in a series of biennial colloquia sponsored by and published as Papers on Islamic History; under the auspices of the Near Eastern History Group; Oxford; and the Middle East Center; University of Pennsylvania.