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.
Overview
Syllabus
- 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
Taught by
Kenneth W. Harl
