The Ottoman empire as a political entity comprised most of the present Middle East (with the principal exception of Iran), north Africa and south-eastern Europe

This volume brings together some of the latest research on the cultural, intellectual, and commercial interactions during the Renaissance between Western Europe

The Ottoman lands, which extended from modern Hungary to the Arabian peninsula, were home to a vast population with a rich variety of cultures. The Ottoman Worl

At the beginning of the eighteenth century, the Ottoman Empire remained the grandest and most powerful of Middle Eastern empires. One hitherto overlooked aspect

This book is the first on the history of both physical and mental disabilities in the Middle East and North Africa during Ottoman rule.