Guns for the Sultan: Military Power and the Weapons Industry in the Ottoman Empire

Gabor Agoston examines the weapons technology and armaments industries of the Ottoman Empire, the only Islamic empire that threatened Europe on its own territory in the Gunpowder Age. Considering topics such as technology transfer, the integration of firearms in the Ottoman army and navy, and saltpeter and gunpowder production, the book demonstrates the success of the Ottoman military machine against its European and Muslim rivals from the fifteenth through seventeenth centuries.

Author: Gabor Agoston, Agoston Gabor, G. Bor Goston
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 04/12/2008
Pages: 300
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.19h x 6.06w x 0.76d
ISBN: 9780521603911

About the Author
Ágoston, Gábor: - Gabor Agoston is Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Georgetown University. His previous publications include Hungary in the Seventeenth Century (with Terez Oborni, 2000).

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