Population changes in Ottoman Anatolia during the 16th and 17th centuries: The "demographic crisis" reconsidered

International Journal of Middle East Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-205

  Özel, Oktay ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; OTTOMAN EMPIRE; PATRON-CLIENT RELATIONS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION PRESSURE;

ANATOLIA; EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 18544401424     PISSN: 00207438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0020743804362021     Document Type: Article

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