Breaking with the tradition of studying provinces of the Ottoman Empire separately, as though they were meaningful and organic entities rather than arbitrary political divisions, examines a distinct regional market that had emerged by the 18th century and survived until subsumed into larger world markets by European trade in the 1860s. Explores such aspects as economic conflict involving the central Ottoman and British empires, river routes, trade in grain and horses, and the growth of regional market towns. Originated as a doctoral dissertation in history for the University of California-Los Angeles sometime before 1988. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.