Reading The Near East by William Yale - Chapter I and Chapter II

CHAPTER I

HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS

.East is East and West is West?

.Ancient Industries and Trade Routes

.Security and the Struggle for Power

.The Advent of Islam and the Arabs

.Crusaders, Turks and Tatars

CHAPTER II

THE OTTOMAN TURKS

.Conquests and Expansion

.Turkish Culture

.Ottoman Institutions

-The Moslem Institution 

-The Millet System

-The Jannisaries

-The Ruling Institution

-The Imperial Harem

-The Capitulations

-The Feudal Land System

Decline of Ottoman Power

-The Economic and Social Factors

-Widespread corruption

-Intellectual Stagnation

-Attempted Reforms