Douglas A. Howard stresses the crucial role of the Ottoman sultans and their extended household, discusses the evolution of the empire's fiscal model, and analyzes favorite works of Ottoman literature ...

The Battle of Vienna was a disaster for the Ottoman Empire in September 1683, but may have had much more disturbing, far-reaching effects centuries later.

Cornell Fleischer, who specialized in the history of the Ottoman Empire and the greater Islamic world at the University of Chicago, was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship — frequently referred to as the ...

Acknowledgements -- A note on spelling and transliteration -- List of figures. Introduction. Part 1 Approaching the sources : Texts in context: relating primary to secondary sources -- The trouble ...

ATV’s ambitious historical drama The Ottoman (Kuruluş Osman) tells the story of the creation of the Ottoman Empire, which proved to be one of the longest-lasting dynasties in the history of the world.

Introduction -- 1. The establishment and survival of Ottoman rule in the Arab lands, 1516-1798 -- 2. Institutions of Ottoman rule -- 3. Economy and society in the early modern era -- 4. A world of ...

Thrace is a historical region in the southeastern Balkans, bounded by the Maritsa River, the Aegean Sea, the Black Sea, the Sea of Marmara and the Sredna Gora mountain range. Today, the area is ...