The Ottoman Legacy in the Balkans - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Ottoman Legacy in the Balkans write by Gisela Spreitzhofer. This book was released on 2007-12. The Ottoman Legacy in the Balkans available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: South East Europe, Balkans, grade: A, School of Advanced Internatl. Studies (School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)), course: The Balkans - From Fragmentation to What?, 10 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: 500 years of Ottoman sovereignty have undoubtedly left significant imprints on the Balkans. Monumental edifices and everyday words spoken in different languages are, amongst others, living testimonies of the imperial past. However, there are opposing interpretations of the Ottoman legacy. The prevailing view describes the Ottomans as alien intruders, blaming them for the Balkans' perceived backwardness, whereas others see the era more as a period of combining Turkish, Islamic, and Byzantine/Balkan traditions. In order to avoid overgeneralizations and -simplifications, the notion of an "Ottoman legacy" has to be taken with caution for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the Ottoman empire was preceded by the Byzantine empire, which itself was the successor of the Roman empire. Consequently, some traditions wrongly ascribed to the Ottomans can be traced back as far as to the Romans. Secondly, a distinction has to be made between what of this legacy is Islamic and what Ottoman. Without any doubt, many Ottoman institutions were inherited from earlier Islamic models, but the Ottomans made their own particular contributions in many fields. Thirdly, significant regional differences within the empire need to be taken into account. Finally, in some instances the question of an Ottoman inheritance has to be extended to the broader question of imperial inheritances because particularly at the end of the Ottoman era, the Balkans were also subject to influences from the Austro-Hungarian and the Russian empire. This paper is structured in the following manner. I would like to start by presenting two different interpretations of the Ottoman legacy. Next, I wil
Imperial Legacy
Imperial Legacy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Imperial Legacy write by Leon Carl Brown. This book was released on 1996. Imperial Legacy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "A feast of thoughtful and informative essays, this timely collection explores an age-old issue: the impact of the past on the present. Contributors . . . consider . . . influences of the Ottoman Empire on its successor states in the Balkans and in the Arab world. . . . They provide substance enough for thorough lessons in historical influence.--CHOICE.
Europe and the Historical Legacies in the Balkans
Europe and the Historical Legacies in the Balkans - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Europe and the Historical Legacies in the Balkans write by Raymond Detrez. This book was released on 2008. Europe and the Historical Legacies in the Balkans available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The enlargement of the EU with the Balkan countries has aroused the skepticism of many. Although EU admission is primarily a matter of economic and political concerns, questions of cultural import are readily brought into play: Does the country in question conform sufficiently to «our» standards of a «European identity»? The problematic status of the Balkans in this respect largely consists in their common Byzantine and Ottoman legacies. By focusing on Bulgaria and its neighbours Romania, Greece and Turkey, the authors of this collection attempt to elucidate how mutually incompatible the «cultural identity» of the Ottoman «successor states» and that of Europe are. Ample attention is devoted not only to the perception of the Balkans in the West, but also to the self-image of people in the Balkans and perceptions they hold of the West. If anything like a Balkan identity can be said to exist, what is its relation to the various ethnic, national, religious and linguistic communities? Notably, what was and is the role played by religion in nation state formation? The relationship with Europe forms the thread that runs through the discussion of these issues.
The Ottoman Economic Legacy on the Balkans
The Ottoman Economic Legacy on the Balkans - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Ottoman Economic Legacy on the Balkans write by Valentina P. Dimitrova-Grajzl. This book was released on 2007. The Ottoman Economic Legacy on the Balkans available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When discussing South East Europe, the Ottoman Empire stands out in history as a prime candidate for an inquiry on historical path-dependence of institutions in the region. This paper analyzes the historical origins of the Ottoman legacy and identifies the legacy with particular pertinence to the economic performance of the South East European states. It distinguishes the legacy in relation to social values and beliefs as the one, which has had the most persistent and profound effect on the Ottoman successor states' paths of economic development.
The Ottomans and the Balkans
The Ottomans and the Balkans - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Ottomans and the Balkans write by Fikret Adanır. This book was released on 2002. The Ottomans and the Balkans available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A discussion of historiography concerning the Ottoman Empire. It analyzes how the historiographies established in various national states have viewed the Empire and its legacy, and explores the links of 20th-century historiography with the rich historical tradition of the Ottoman Empire itself.
