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European and Islamic Trade in the Early Ottoman State: The Merchants of Genoa and Turkey

By Kate Fleet

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1999
ISBN
0521642213, 9780521642217, 9780511005459
LCC
HF3868.Z7 E854 1999
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
505 kB (516734 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
Pages
0\0
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

By using untapped Latin and Turkish sources, and focusing on the trading partnership between the Genoese and the Turks, Kate Fleet demonstrates how this interaction contributed to the economic development of the early Ottoman state and to Ottoman territorial expansion. Where previous literature has emphasized the military prowess of the early Ottomans and their role as "the infidel," this book considers their economic aspirations and their integration into the economy of the Mediterranean basin. This readable, authoritative study illuminates an obscure period in early Ottoman history.

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