This item osmans dream the history of the ottoman empire by caroline finkel paperback cdn2760 only 4 left in stock ships from and sold by amazonca a peace to end all peace the fall of the ottoman empire and the creation of the modern middle east by david fromkin paperback cdn3142 only 3 left in stock more on the way ships from and sold by amazonca customers who viewed this . The ottoman empire was one of the largest and most influential empires in world history its reach extended to three continents and it survived for more than six centuries but its history is too often colored by the memory of its bloody final throes on the battlefields of world war i. Osmans dream the history of the ottoman empire is a blow by blow account of the rise and fall of one of the worlds most interesting empires the ottomans started as a tribal group under the leadership of osman carving out a space for themselves on the western coast of anatolia under the shadow of the waning roman empire in constantinople. Caroline finkels book osmans dream is a useful book on the history of the ottoman empire it starts with the dream of the first sultan osman he is said to have dreamt about a large tree growing from his navel its shade encompassed large parts of the world including distant mountains and mighty rivers. The definitive history of the ottoman empire the ottoman empire was one of the largest and most influential empires in world history its reach extended to three continents and it survived for more than six centuries but its history is too often colored by the memory of its bloody final throes on the battlefields of world war i in this magisterial work the first definitive account written