Ghiselin de Busbecq’s description of 16th century Ottoman military culture reflects a contemporary European’s healthy respect–if not outright fear–of that empire’s power in his day.A major

Ghiselin de Busbecq’s description of 16th century Ottoman military culture reflects a contemporary European’s healthy respect–if not outright fear–of that empire’s power in his day.A major part of our work to this point has focused on the question of “global balance”–the relationship between major Eurasian civilizations in the period after 1500. With respect to the Ottoman Empire, what insight into the question of “global balance” does this reading provide?