Название: The Sick Man of Europe: The History of the Ottoman Empire's Decline in the 19th Century
Автор: Charles River Editors
Издательство: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Год: 2018
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 100
Размер: 3,0 МБ
Язык: Английский

The long agony of the “sick man of Europe,” an expression used by the Tsar of Russia to depict the falling Ottoman Empire, could almost blind people to its incredible power and history. Preserving its mixed heritage, coming from both its geographic position rising above the ashes of the Byzantine Empire and the tradition inherited from the Muslim Conquests, the Ottoman Empire lasted more than six centuries.