Lecture Outline
I. Preliminary remarks: Viewing Ottoman expansion in comparative perspective.
II. The Ottomans as a Frontier State, 1300-1453
III. The Growth of Ottoman Imperial Power, 1453-1580
- The spheres of Ottoman military operation
- The growth of Ottoman naval power
IV. Ottomans and long-distance trade
- The Ottoman economic mind and state policies on trade
- Case study: Ottomans vs. the Portuguese: war and trade in the Indian Ocean
V. Ottoman views on the European overseas expansion
Terms
Gaza, gazi
Tımar, tımarlı cavalry
Janissaries
Fiscalism
Provisionism
Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa (d. 1546)
Sokullu Mehmed Paşa (d. 1579)
Piri Reis (d. 1554?)
Tarih-i Hind-i Garbi (1583)
The extant part of the world map of Piri Reis, depicting S. America, the northwestern edge of Africa and the Iberian peninsula
