(P/B) WARFARE, STATE AND SOCIETY ON THE BLACK SEA STEPPE, 1500-1700
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries Muscovy waged a costly struggle against the Crimean Khanate, the Ottoman Empire, and the Polish -Lithuanian Commonwealth for control of the fertile steppe above the Black, Sea. This was a region of great strategic and economic importance - arguably the pivot of Eurasia at the time. Yet, this crucial period in Russia's history has, up until now, been neglected by historians. Brian L. Davies's study provides an essential insight into the emergence of Russia as a great power. The long campaign took a...
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