Excerpt from The Foundation of the Ottoman Empire: A History of the Osmanlis Up to the Death of Bayezid I, 1300-1403 Four years of residence in the Ottoman Empire, chiefly in Constantinople, during the most disastrous period of its decline, have led me to investigate its origin. This book is written because I feel that the result of my research brings a new point of view to the student of the twentieth-century problems of the Near East, as well as to those who are interested in fourteenth-century Europe. If we study the past, it is to understand the present and to prepare for the future....
Excerpt from The Foundation of the Ottoman Empire: A History of the Osmanlis Up to the Death of Bayezid I, 1300-1403 Four years of residence in th...
Originally published in 1922, An Introduction to World Politics, was published at a particularly interesting time in international relations, just a few short years after the first world war. With this in mind, Gibbons has approached this text as a general introduction to world politics, both examining causes of recent events in his lifetime as well as exploring what he refers to as 'the beginning' of World Politics. This study delves into various aspects of world politics throughout history including the colonialism of the British and the French and several wars and treaties with...
Originally published in 1922, An Introduction to World Politics, was published at a particularly interesting time in international relations...
