Plague, quarantines and geopolitics in the Ottoman Empire /
Plague, quarantines and geopolitics in the Ottoman Empire /
Did you know that many of the greatest and most colourful Ottoman statesmen and literary figures from the 15th to the early 20th century considered plague as a grave threat to their empire? And did you know that many Ottomans applauded the establishment of a quarantine against the disease in 1838 as...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2012]
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Series: | Knowledge Unlatched
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