Crescent Dawn: The Rise of the Ottoman Empire and the Making of the Modern Age

In 1512, the Queen of Ethiopia proposed an alliance with her fellow Christian monarch, the king of Portugal, to rid their dominions of the Turkish threat. They were unsuccessful, and for the next two hundred years, the Ottomans were a great threat to their enemies in Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. This book traces the rise of the Ottoman Empire through the military campaigns of the sultans.