Pax Ottomana

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The Ottoman Empire at its greatest extent, under Sultan Mehmed IV

In historiography, the Pax Ottomana (literally "the Ottoman Peace") or Pax Ottomanica^[1]^[2] is a term used to describe the economic and social stability attained in the conquered provinces of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power during the 16th and 17th centuries, applied to lands in the Balkans, Anatolia, the Middle East, North Africa, the Caucasus, and western Iran.^{[citation needed]}

The term is preferred in particular by historians and writers who hold a positive view of Ottoman rule to underline the positive impact of Ottoman rule on the conquered regions. They compare it favourably with the instability experienced before the Ottoman founding and conquests, as well as with the period after World War I, when only Asia Minor and Eastern Thrace remained under Turkish rule and the Ottoman Empire was officially dissolved.^{[citation needed]}

The term is derived by analogy from the more common Pax Romana, "the Roman Peace,” and is sometimes used by those who consider the Ottoman Empire to be a continuation of the Byzantine Empire.

References

^ The Holy Land, 1517-1713. Brill. 2012. p. 4. ISBN 978-90-04-23624-0. From Selim's conquest until the early eighteenth century, which marked the beginning of British and French domination of the Mediterranean Sea routes, the region witnessed what Rhoads Murphey [an Ottoman Studies professor] has described as the pax Ottomanica.
^ Király, Béla K., ed. (1975). "The Ottoman aspects of Pax Ottomanica". Tolerance and movements of religious dissent in Eastern Europe. East European Quarterly. ISBN 978-0-914710-06-6.

Richard Hooker. 1996. The Ottomans. Washington State University.
Çiçek, Kemal (2001). Pax Ottomana: studies in memoriam Prof. Dr. Nejat Göyünç. Yeni Türkiye. ISBN 9080440965.
İlber Ortaylı. 2004. Osmanlı Barışı. İstanbul: Timaş.

[1] The Holy Land, 1517-1713. Brill. 2012. p. 4. ISBN 978-90-04-23624-0. From Selim's conquest until the early eighteenth century, which marked the beginning of British and French domination of the Mediterranean Sea routes, the region witnessed what Rhoads Murphey [an Ottoman Studies professor] has described as the pax Ottomanica.

[2] Király, Béla K., ed. (1975). "The Ottoman aspects of Pax Ottomanica". Tolerance and movements of religious dissent in Eastern Europe. East European Quarterly. ISBN 978-0-914710-06-6.

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v t e Periods of regional and relative peace
Contemporary	Long Peace Pax Americana Pax Atomica Pax Europaea Pax Praetoriana
Historical	Pax Assyriaca Pax Austriaca Pax Britannica Pax Dei Pax Gupta Pax Helvetica Pax Hispanica Pax Italica Pax Khazarica Pax Kushana Pax Mafiosa Pax Minoica Pax Mongolica Pax Ottomana Pax Romana Pax Russica Pax Sinica Pax Sovietica Pax Sumerica Pax Syriana Pax Tokugawana