(7)： 奥斯曼之梦

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2、chenjilong上一期  下一期感谢支持，已给下列朋友兑现奖励承诺:（截至2006年2月28日晚21:24）greygenie，a82422，sybil2006，hoohoo888，pclr，鸡骨草，prophet99，rainykitty，dunkirk911，olyq，mengmeng8３月２日奖励:romatotti　dragon2003　supra007　冰焱　にこにこ　zjwshcn更多《经济学家》读译参考，欢迎光临……更新中☆★☆★《经济学期》读译参考前6期☆★☆★Feb23rd2006FromTheEconomistprintediti

3、onBridgeacrosstheBosporusMOREthan80yearsafterbeing★supplanted[1]bytheTurkishrepublic,theOttomanempirewillnotdie.BloodshedintheBalkans;ArabandKurdishnationalismacrosstheMiddleEast;★Turcophobia[2]inArmenia;（1）allareechoesofadynastythatsurvivedfor600years▲andwhosedominionse____①____fromtheDanubet

4、hroughtheLevanttoAlgiers.Fewhistorianshavedaredcompressthestoryofthisextraordinaryenterpriseintoasinglevolume.“Osman'sDream”showswhy.OsmanledoneofseveralTurcomantribes,ofCentralAsiandescent,thatwerecompetingforcontrolofAnatoliaatthebeginningofthe14thcentury.(Thedreaminquestionwasinterpretedtom

5、eanthatOsmanwouldfoundanimperialhouse;（2）“Ottoman”istheEuropeancorruptionofhisname▲).Bythemid-16thcentury,Osman'sdescendantshadkilledofftheByzantineEmpireandt____②____itscapital,Constantinople(renamedIstanbul),intotheworld'sgreatestmosquecity.TheyalsohadcontroloftheMuslimholyplaces,MeccaandMed

6、ina,inArabia.Theempire'sexpansionwasdriveninpartbyIslamicnotionsofajustwaragainstthe★infidel[3],buttheOttomanswerealsonotablefortheirrelativetolerance.Jewsfleeingthe★Spanishinquisition[4]werewelcomedtoIstanbul.Christianconvertsbecamekeyfiguresinthebureaucracy,armedforcesandthe★harem[5].Evenatt

7、heempire'speak,however,thetideofhistorywasturninginEurope'sf__③.___ChallengedbytheEuropeans'intellectualandmilitary★prowess[6],hamperedbythefiscalineptitudeofitsleaders,andpowerlesstosuppressthepettynationalismsthatinfecteditsBalkanpossessions,（3）theempirebegantounravel—attimesabruptly,atother

8、simperceptibly.▲Withherdoctorateinthe★fiendishly[7]complexdisciplineofOttomanstudies,（4）MsFinkelisideallyplacedtomakesenseofthis.▲But“Osman'sDream”leavesonewiththeimpressionthattheauthor'sscholarship—sheincludesa30-pagebibliography—coul