Palmira Brummett is Professor in the Department of History at the University of Tennessee.

Brummett has a clear-sighted view of the Euro-Asian commercial continuum, and is successful in drawing the Ottoman experience into western historiography. She is especially convincing on the Ottomans as a seaborne empire among rivals, a refreshing antidote to the general histories on the period which are generally dismissive about mercantilism in the empire. This is a well-crafted and very readable narrative." — Virginia H. Aksan, McMaster University"Brummett answers questions that have been in the field for a long time, and raises others not yet conceived. She thoroughly revises current European historiography on the nature of the Ottoman Empire and the whole international scene during a crucial period of transition." — Linda T. Darling, University of Arizona

• Illustrations A Note on Transliteration Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: The Physical and Historiographic Space Part I: The Ottomans and Levantine Foreign Policy 2. The Western Salient: Venice, Ismail Safavi, and Europe 3. The Eastern Salient: Ismail Safavi and the Mamluks 4. Ottoman Naval Development Part II: Traders, Trade Goods, and Trade Zones 5. The Aegean, the Mediterranean, and the Grain Trade 6. Trade on the Eastern Salient 7. Conclusion: The Ottoman Economic Mind in the Context of World Power Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

Palmira Brummett is Professor in the Department of History at the University of Tennessee.

Brummett has a clear-sighted view of the Euro-Asian commercial continuum, and is successful in drawing the Ottoman experience into western historiography. She is especially convincing on the Ottomans as a seaborne empire among rivals, a refreshing antidote to the general histories on the period which are generally dismissive about mercantilism in the empire. This is a well-crafted and very readable narrative." — Virginia H. Aksan, McMaster University"Brummett answers questions that have been in the field for a long time, and raises others not yet conceived. She thoroughly revises current European historiography on the nature of the Ottoman Empire and the whole international scene during a crucial period of transition." — Linda T. Darling, University of Arizona

• Illustrations A Note on Transliteration Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: The Physical and Historiographic Space Part I: The Ottomans and Levantine Foreign Policy 2. The Western Salient: Venice, Ismail Safavi, and Europe 3. The Eastern Salient: Ismail Safavi and the Mamluks 4. Ottoman Naval Development Part II: Traders, Trade Goods, and Trade Zones 5. The Aegean, the Mediterranean, and the Grain Trade 6. Trade on the Eastern Salient 7. Conclusion: The Ottoman Economic Mind in the Context of World Power Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

Palmira Brummett is Professor in the Department of History at the University of Tennessee.

Brummett has a clear-sighted view of the Euro-Asian commercial continuum, and is successful in drawing the Ottoman experience into western historiography. She is especially convincing on the Ottomans as a seaborne empire among rivals, a refreshing antidote to the general histories on the period which are generally dismissive about mercantilism in the empire. This is a well-crafted and very readable narrative." — Virginia H. Aksan, McMaster University"Brummett answers questions that have been in the field for a long time, and raises others not yet conceived. She thoroughly revises current European historiography on the nature of the Ottoman Empire and the whole international scene during a crucial period of transition." — Linda T. Darling, University of Arizona

• Illustrations A Note on Transliteration Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: The Physical and Historiographic Space Part I: The Ottomans and Levantine Foreign Policy 2. The Western Salient: Venice, Ismail Safavi, and Europe 3. The Eastern Salient: Ismail Safavi and the Mamluks 4. Ottoman Naval Development Part II: Traders, Trade Goods, and Trade Zones 5. The Aegean, the Mediterranean, and the Grain Trade 6. Trade on the Eastern Salient 7. Conclusion: The Ottoman Economic Mind in the Context of World Power Notes Glossary Bibliography Index