Imperial Legacy

The Ottoman Imprint on the Balkans and the Middle East

By: L. Brown (Editor)

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Paperback | 29 September 1997 | Edition Number 1

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320 Pages

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The Ottoman Empire ranks alongside the Roman and Byzantine as one of the most powerful and long-lasting imperial systems in world history. In existence from the late thirteenth century until 1923 and embracing at its height most of Southeastern Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, it was certainly the most imposing and arguably the most influential political system over the course of more than a millennium of Islamic history.

Though the Ottoman Empire left an indelible mark on people in many parts of the world, in the modern West its influence is little understood. For many living in former Ottoman-controlled regions, this heritage is often rejected or misrepresented as unwanted alien domination.Imperial Legacy gathers together distinguished scholars to demonstrate how the Ottoman legacy continues to shape patterns of behavior and perception among the peoples of Western Asia, Northern Africa, and Southeastern Europe. The authors also explore how this complex history is reinscribed by nations and ethnic groups in the building of ideologies and identities today.

Ranging widely through issues including politics, diplomacy, education, language, and religion, these essays also address the different regional perspectives on the Ottoman Legacy found in the Arab world, the Balkans, and the Republic of Turkey.

Imperial Legacy enriches our understanding of the Ottoman past and provides needed insights into the post-Ottoman present.

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A feast of thoughtful and informative essays, this timely collection explores an age-old issue: the impact of the past on the present. Contributors -whose names make a very impressive list -consider . . . influences of the Ottoman Empire on its successor states in the Balkans and the Arab world. If, as the editor remarks, the studies 'aim more for broad themes than discrete details, ' they provide substance enough for thorough lessons in historical influence. "A feast of thoughtful and informative essays, this timely collection explores an age-old issue: the impact of the past on the present. Contributors -- whose names make a very impressive list -- consider... influences of the Ottoman Empire on its successor states in the Balkans and the Arab world. If, as the editor remarks, the studies 'aim more for broad themes than discrete details, ' they provide substance enough for thorough lessons in historical influence." -- "Choice"

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Non-Fiction History General & World History Regional & National History European History Society & Culture Cultural Studies Asian History Middle Eastern History Earliest Times to Present Day Early History from 500 to 1500 Modern History from 1700 to 1900

Specific Events & Topics in History Colonialism & Imperialism

The Background: An Introduction
Perceptions and Parallels
The Meaning of Legacy: The Ottoman Case
The Problem of Perceptions
The Arab World and the Balkans
The Ottoman Legacy in the Balkans
Yougoslavia's Disintegration and the Ottoman Past
Memory, Heritage, and History: The Ottomans and the Arabs
The Ottoman Legacy in Arab Political Boundaries
The Political Dimension
The Ottoman Legacy and the Middle East State Tradition
The Ottoman Administrative Legacy and the Modern Middle East
Ottoman Diplomacy and its Legacy
The Imperial Language
The Ottoman Legacy to Contemporary Political Arabic
The Ottoman Legacy in Language
Europe, Economics and War
The Economic Legacy
The Military Legacy
Religion and Culture
Islam and the Ottoman Legacy in the Modern Middle East
The Ottoman Educational Legacy: Myth or Reality?
Epilogue
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The Ottoman Imprint on the Balkans and the Middle East

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