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Traditions and Encounters, 2/e
Jerry H. Bentley, University of Hawai'i
Herbert F. Ziegler, University of Hawai'i
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Internet Activities: Ottoman Empire



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http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1799Ottomans.html

How does this excerpt from A Survey of the Turkish Empire describe Turkish military power? What impresses the author about the Turks? What does he deride? What does this text tell us about Western perceptions of the Turks in 1799?
2

Now read this text from an American doctor written in 1907: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/islam/1907turkishbread.html. How does this Westerner feel about the Turks? How can you tell? Does there seem to be any change in Western reactions to the Ottoman Empire over the course of a century? If so, how would you describe that change?








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