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This highly original look at the rise of the Ottoman empire--the longest-lived political entity in human history--shows the transformation of a tiny frontier enterprise into a centralized imperial state that saw itself as both leader of the world's Muslims and heir to the Eastern Roman Empire.
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Turkey History Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918, Turkey History Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 Historiography