Covering the full history of the Ottoman Empire, from its genesis in post-Mongol Eurasia to its dissolution after the Great War in Europe, this textbook takes a holistic approach, considering the Ottoman worldview - what it was, how it came together, and how it fell apart. Douglas A. Howard stresses the crucial role of the Ottoman sultans and their extended household, discusses the evolution of the empire's fiscal model, and analyzes favorite works of Ottoman literature, emphasizing spirituality, the awareness of space and time, and emotions, migration, violence, disease, and disaster. Following how people spent their time, their attitudes towards authority, how they made their money, and their sense of humor and sense of beauty, this illustrated textbook is an essential resource for graduate and advanced undergraduate, courses on the history of the Ottoman Empire, the Middle East, Islamic history, and the history of Eastern Europe. The book includes over eighty illustrations, maps and textboxes.

这本教科书涵盖了奥斯曼帝国的全部历史，从它在后蒙古欧亚大陆的起源到它在欧洲大战后的解体，它采用了一种整体的方法，考虑了奥斯曼帝国的世界观--它是什么，它如何形成，以及它如何解体。道格拉斯-A-霍华德强调了奥斯曼帝国苏丹及其大家庭的关键作用，讨论了帝国财政模式的演变，并分析了奥斯曼帝国文学中最受欢迎的作品，强调了精神信仰、空间和时间意识，以及情感、移民、暴力、疾病和灾难。这本图文并茂的教科书关注人们如何度过他们的时间，他们对权威的态度，他们如何赚钱，以及他们的幽默感和美感，是研究生和高级本科生，关于奥斯曼帝国历史、中东、伊斯兰历史和东欧历史课程的重要资源。该书包括八十多幅插图、地图和文本框。