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From magnificent rise to tragic collapse to stunning rebirth, explore the grand story of the Ottoman Empire in these 36 lectures delivered by a master classical historian.

Syllabus

  • 01: Sublime Porte: Visions of the Ottoman Empire
  • 02: Seljuk Turks in Asia Minor
  • 03: The Islamization of Asia Minor
  • 04: Ottoman Sultans of Bursa
  • 05: Defeat and Recovery, 1402-1451
  • 06: Mehmet the Conqueror, 1451-1481
  • 07: Selim the Grim and the Conquest of Cairo
  • 08: Suleiman the Magnificent, 1520-1566
  • 09: Sultans in Topkap?, 1566-1648
  • 10: The Sultan-Caliph and His Servants
  • 11: Timariots, Peasants, and Pastoralists
  • 12: Trade, Money, and Cities
  • 13: Arabs under the Ottoman Caliph
  • 14: Christians and Jews under the Porte
  • 15: Sunni Islam and Ottoman Civilization
  • 16: Ottoman Constantinople
  • 17: The Sultan at War: The Ottoman Army
  • 18: Sultan and Shah: Challenge of Safavid Iran
  • 19: Sultan and Emperor: War in the West
  • 20: Sultan and Venice: War in the Mediterranean
  • 21: Koprulu Viziers and Imperial Revival
  • 22: The Empire at Bay, 1699-1798
  • 23: Napoleon Invades Ottoman Egypt
  • 24: Crisis: Muhammad Ali and Balkan Nationalists
  • 25: Tanzimat and Modernization, 1839-1876
  • 26: Defeat and Retreat: The Sick Man of Europe
  • 27: The Sultan Returns: Abdul Hamid II, 1876-1908
  • 28: Constitutional Reform, 1908-1913
  • 29: War in Libya and the Balkans, 1911-1913
  • 30: The Road to World War I
  • 31: The Empire at Total War, 1914-1916
  • 32: Ottoman Collapse, 1916-1918
  • 33: Mustafa Kemal, Ataturk
  • 34: Casualties of War and Ethnic Cleansing
  • 35: The Emergence of the Turkish Republic
  • 36: Nation-States, Islam, and the Ottoman Legacy
  • By This Professor

Taught by

Kenneth W. Harl

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