The Ottoman Empire

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.

• By This Professor
• 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