Crescent Dawn: The Rise of the Ottoman Empire and the Making of the Modern Age by Sheppard, Si
Crescent Dawn: The Rise of the Ottoman Empire and the Making of the Modern Age by Sheppard, Si

Crescent Dawn: The Rise of the Ottoman Empire and the Making of the Modern Age

A groundbreaking history of the wars of the Ottoman Expansion, a truly global conflagration that crisscrossed three...
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Crescent Dawn: The Rise of the Ottoman Empire and the Making of the Modern Age by Sheppard, Si

Crescent Dawn: The Rise of the Ottoman Empire and the Making of the Modern Age

$61.72
Crescent Dawn: The Rise of the Ottoman Empire and the Making of the Modern Age by Sheppard, Si

Crescent Dawn: The Rise of the Ottoman Empire and the Making of the Modern Age

$61.72
Author: Si Sheppard
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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A groundbreaking history of the wars of the Ottoman Expansion, a truly global conflagration that crisscrossed three continents and ultimately defined the borders and future of modern Europe.

The determined attempt to thwart Ottoman dominance was fought across five theaters from the Balkans to the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean, from Persia to Russia. This intercontinental melee is expertly re-told in this fascinating new history by historian Si Sheppard.

But this is not the story of a clash of civilizations between East and West as you might assume. Europe was not united against the Turks; the scandal of the age was the alliance between King Francis I of France and Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. Meanwhile, the resistance of the Saadi dynasty of Morocco to Ottoman encroachment played a critical role in denying Constantinople direct access to the Atlantic Ocean. By the same token, though religious imperatives were critical to the motivations of all the key actors involved, these in no way fell neatly along the Christian Muslim divide. Crescent Dawn expertly shows how the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V desired nothing more than to eradicate the Protestant heresy metastasizing throughout his domains, but the threat of Turkish invasion forced him to stay his hand and indulge his Lutheran subjects to ensure a common defense. Nevertheless, the collective effort to constrain the expansion of the Ottoman superpower did succeed with the ultimate victory in 1571 the tipping point in reordering the trajectory of history.

Crescent Dawn features some of the legendary figures of the era - from Mehmet the Conqueror, and Suleiman the Magnificent on the Ottoman side, to Charles V and Vasco de Gama on the other - and some of the most exotic locales on Earth - from the sumptuous palaces of Constantinople to the bloody battlefields of the Balkans to the awe-inspiring mountains of Ethiopia. This is a colorful history that brings the great battles of the age to life and clearly shows how the western struggle against the Ottomans constituted the first truly world war.

Author: Si Sheppard
Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
Published: 02/25/2025
Pages: 528
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.77lbs
Size: 9.33h x 6.54w x 1.74d
ISBN: 9781472851468


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 01/01/2025 pg. 76

About the Author
London-born Si Sheppard completed his Bachelors and Masters degrees in New Zealand before receiving his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University in the United States. He is currently an associate professor of political science and international relations at Long Island University in Brooklyn, New York, and has written several books focusing on the interrelations between geography, technology, and strategy.
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