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In this beautifully illustrated overview, Renee Worringer provides
a clear and comprehensive account of the longevity, pragmatism, and
flexibility of the Ottoman Empire in governing over vast
territories and diverse peoples. A Short History of the Ottoman
Empire uses clear headings, themes, text boxes, primary source
translations, and maps to assist students in understanding the
Empire's complex history.
Iranian and Ottoman travelers to Japan in the late nineteenth
century found a model to admire - a culture that was beginning to
take its place in the modern world without sacrificing its
traditional culture. Their admiration was bolstered when Japan sunk
the Russian Baltic fleet in 1905. This victory was celebrated
across the Middle East, and dispelled the traditional colonial
discourse of European supremacy. No longer, Japan had proven, did
modernization demand Westernization. The Japanese, in turn, were
drawn to cross-cultural understanding as Islamic traders and
merchants arrived in their ports, and became a part of their social
and economic fabric. Later in the twentieth century, Japan found it
expedient to develop its own model of Islamic studies, as Muslim
populations in Manchuria, China and Southeast Asia fell under
Japanese control. This collection provides fresh insight into the
cross-cultural exchange between ""the Crescent and the Rising Sun""
in a rapidly changing world. The authors explore the encounters
between these two separate, but fatefully linked cultures and the
ensuing reciprocal influences in developing ""Eastern modernity""
against a looming backdrop of Western imperial domination.
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