European and Islamic Trade in the Early Ottoman State - The Merchants of Genoa and Turkey

International trade was of great importance for the Ottomans in the construction of their empire. Kate Fleet's book examines the trade links which existed between European merchants and their Muslim counterparts from the beginnings of the Ottoman empire in 1300 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. By using previously unexploited Latin and Turkish sources, and by focusing on the trading partnership between the Genoese and the Turks, she demonstrates how this interaction contributed to the economic development of the early Ottoman state and, indeed, to Ottoman territorial expansion. Where other studies have emphasized the military prowess of the early Ottoman state and its role as 'the infidel enemy', the book offers an insight into its economic aspirations and eventual integration into the economy of the Mediterranean basin. This is a readable, authoritative and innovative study which illuminates our understanding of an obscure period in early Ottoman history.

List of contents

List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Historical outline; 2. Money; 3. Commodities; 4. Slaves; 5. Grain; 6. Wine; 7. Alum; 8. Cloth; 9. Metals; 10. The fall of Constantinople and Ottoman-Genoese relations after 1453; Conclusion: the Latin contribution to the early Ottoman economy; Appendices; Glossary; Place names; Select bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Kate Fleet, Fleet Kate
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.1999
• EAN: 9780521642217
• ISBN: 978-0-521-64221-7
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 490 g
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Europe, HISTORY / Middle East / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Distribution, Middle East, Economic history, CE period up to c 1500, Asian History, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Retail and wholesale industries