{"product_id":"the-ottoman-and-the-spanish-empires-in-the-sixteenth-and-seventeenth-centuries-paperback","title":"The Ottoman and the Spanish Empires in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeopold Von Ranke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...\u003cem\u003eTHERE was a time when the power, and, in a great measure, the civilization of Europe, seemed to have\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003etheir chief seat in the South; a time when the Ottoman empire and the Spanish monarchy had grown\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eup, face to face, to an overtopping greatness, dangerous to neighbouring and remote nations, and when\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eno literature in the world could compare with that of Italy...\" --\u003c\/em\u003eLeopold von Ranke, Preface, 1843\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ottoman and Spanish Empires in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries\u003c\/em\u003e by German historian Leopold von Ranke was first published in German in 1830, and translated into English in 1843. Von Ranke described the rivalry between the two leading powers in the Mediterranean, the Ottomans and the Spaniards. Just as in his other books, von Ranke's writing was based on eye-witness accounts, in this case the well-documented reporting of the Venetian ambassadors who had been emissaries to both empires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51785535619360,"sku":"9781646791705","price":24.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/abb1c55b0ec25b51fbb18637a20079e1.webp?v=1780616391","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-ottoman-and-the-spanish-empires-in-the-sixteenth-and-seventeenth-centuries-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}