{"product_id":"9780571331918","title":"God's Shadow : The Ottoman Sultan Who Shaped the Modern World","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Mikhail, Alan, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 20\/08\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 496 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Faber \u0026amp; Faber,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFaber \u0026amp; Faber\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEmpires \u0026amp; historical states, Middle East\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780571331918\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription\"\u003cbr\u003eLong neglected in world history, the Ottoman Empire was a hub of flourishing intellectual fervor, geopolitical power, and enlightened pluralistic rule. At the helm of its ascent was the omnipotent Sultan Selim I (1470-1520), who, with the aid of his extraordinarily gifted mother, Gulbahar, hugely expanded the empire, propelling it onto the world stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAware of centuries of European suppression of Islamic history, Alan Mikhail centers Selim's Ottoman Empire and Islam as the very pivots of global history, redefining such world-changing events as Christopher Columbus's voyages - which originated, in fact, as a Catholic jihad that would come to view Native Americans as somehow \"Moorish\" - the Protestant Reformation, and the transatlantic slave trade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on previously unexamined sources and written in gripping detail, Mikhail's groundbreaking account vividly recaptures Selim's life and world. An historical masterwork, God's Shadow radically reshapes our understanding of a world we thought we knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA leading historian of his generation, Alan Mikhail, Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History at Yale University, has reforged our understandings of the past through his previous three prize-winning books on the history of Middle East.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36228185718937,"sku":"9780571331918","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780571331918.jpg?v=1601396510","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780571331918","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}