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Sultanate Dream of an Ottoman Pasha: Sokulluzade Hasan Pasa and His Illustrated World History
, 2017 Illustrated histories were never merely products of simple literal activities at the Ottoman court. On the contrary, they functioned as political tools of the courtiers who commissioned the production of manuscripts, such as the sultan or viziers.
Değirmenci, Tülün
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A theory of political divergence and gradual institutional change
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Why do some societies succeed in breaking away from historical traditions while others remain trapped? This paper proposes a formal theory to investigate the interaction between short‐run and long‐run political dynamics, highlighting a co‐evolution of political institutions and social structures.
Clair Yang
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The Evolution of Grain Policy Beyond Europe: Ottoman Grain Administration in the Late Eighteenth Century [PDF]
During the second half of the eighteenth century, the Ottoman policy-makers adopted a more liberal attitude towards price formation in the Ottoman grain markets.
Seven Agir
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Polilog: Studia NeofilologiczneThis article examines seventeenth – and eighteenth-century Ottoman Turkish manuscripts preserved at the Institute of Manuscripts of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences and manuscript copies of works by Azerbaijani authors preserved in Turkish ...
Lamiya Rahimova
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Land, Gendered Labor, and Empire‐Making in Central Sudan
American Anthropologist, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article offers an analysis of Gulf‐Arab and more specifically Emirati empire‐making in central Sudan, by focusing ethnographic attention on an Emirati‐owned farm in the Gezira region as a key site of capitalist extraction and imperial ambition.
Nisrin Elamin
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Lessons from the Ottoman Harem (On Ethnicity, Religion and War) [PDF]
The Ottoman Empire had a profound impact in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa at the apogee of its power, covering the era between 1453 C. E. and 1699 C. E. In this paper, I exploit the empire’s unique culture and institutions to examine the roles
Iyigun, Murat
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Women in business: Gender and commercial space in nineteenth‐century Glasgow
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Focusing on women entrepreneurs in a large British city, we examine how women's commercially listed businesses populated that city. Using commercial property rental records, our study allows us to understand sectoral variation and the distribution of businesses across the city and to assess both the absolute and relative contribution of women ...
Graeme Acheson +2 more
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Inflation Dynamics and Its Sources in The Ottoman Empire: 1586-1913 [PDF]
This study examines the dynamics and determinants of inflation in the Ottoman Empire during the 1586-1913 period. There might be two main reasons for inflation: fiscal expansion and monetary expansion where the monetary expansion could be generated ...
Aslý Günay, Hakan Berument
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Osmanlı Devleti’nde Bir Dünya Tarihi Deneyimi: Mizancı Mehmed Murad Ve Tarih-i Umumi’si
Turkish History Education Journal, 2015 Evrensel tarih ya da dünya tarihi gibi geniş ölçekli çalışmaların Osmanlı tarihyazımında farklı bir yeri ve önemi vardır. Tarih-i Umumi ya da değişik isimlerle yazılan dünya tarihleri, Osmanlı Devleti’ni bütünsel bir yaklaşım içinde değerlendirirken ...
Emrah YILDIZ
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The big impact of small change: Fresh estimates of English wheat market integration, 1693–1893
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Using existing and new price data sets, we provide the first estimates of market integration across England over the entire 200 years of the industrial revolution. We document a significant, though not huge, integration improvement for markets furthest from London. Full integration was achieved by the 1830s. Our price data sets vary in quality
Liam Brunt, Edmund Cannon
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