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A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire

By Sevket Pamuk

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2000
ISBN
0521441978, 9780521441971
LCC
HG1206.5 .P36 2000
Open Library ID
OL381540M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2790902 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
Pages
299\299
Topic
History
Time added
2011-01-26 19:25:26

Description

This volume examines the monetary history of a large empire located at the crossroads of intercontinental trade from the fourteenth century until the end of World War I. It covers all regions of the empire from the Balkans through Anatolia, Syria, Egypt and the Gulf to the Maghrib. The implications of monetary developments for social and political history are also discussed throughout the volume. This is an important and pathbreaking book by one of the most distinguished economic historians in the field.

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