Ottoman Seapower and Levantine Diplomacy in the Age of Discovery (S U N Y Series in the Social and Economic History of the Middle East)

This Work Reframes Sixteenth-century History , Incorporating The Ottoman Empire More Thoroughly Into European, Asian And World History. It Analyzes The Ottoman Empire's Expansion Eastward In The Contexts Of Claims To Universal Sovereignty, Levantine Power Politics, And The Struggle For Control Of The Oriental Trade. Challenging The Notion That The Sixteenth-century Ottoman Empire Was Merely A Reactive Economic Entity Driven By The Impulse To Territorial Conquest, Brummett Portrays It As Inheritor Of Euro-asian Trading Networks And Participant In The Contest For Commercial Hegemony From Genoa And Venice To The Indian Ocean. Brummett Shows That The Development Of Seapower Was Crucial To This Endeavor, Enabling The Ottomans To Subordinate Both Venice And The Mamluk Kingdom To Dependency Relationships And Providing The Ottoman Ruling Class Access To Commercial Investment And Wealth. Frontmatter Illustrations (page ix) A Note on Transliteration (page xi) Acknowledgments (page xiii) Chapter 1. Introduction: The Physical and Historiographic Space (page 1) Part I: The Ottomans and Levantine Foreign Policy (page 21) Chapter 2. The Western Salient: Venice, Ismail Safavi, and Europe (page 27) Chapter 3. The Eastern Salient: Ismail Safavi and the Mamluks (page 51) Chapter 4. Ottoman Naval Development (page 89) Part II: Traders, Trade Goods, and Trade Zones (page 123) Chapter 5. The Aegean, the Mediterranean, and the Grain Trade (page 131) Chapter 6. Trade on the Eastern Salient (page 143) Chapter 7. Conclusions: The Ottoman Economic Mind in the Context of World Power (page 175) Notes (page 183) Glossary (page 251) Bibliography (page 255) Index (page 277)