Describe the Ottoman society and elaborate on its effective and yet fragile mechanisms of checks and balances managing its diverse and complex centers of power.
‘Rebirth’ was the result of the near death experience of Islamic civilization during the Mongolian invasion in the 13th century. This ‘great catastrophe’ was the culmination of a long series of foreign and domestic attacks resulting in millions of deaths, demolition of Muslim urban centers, destruction of irrigation systems crucial for agriculture, burning of libraries […]