Introduction -- Reusing the work of past times and foreign lands -- The Ottoman sultan: victorious and pious -- Society and its divisions -- A world of three religions: Ottoman conquests and the ...

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 ...

An Arabic translation of a 19th-century history of the Ottoman Empire by former grand vizier Kamil Pasha of Cyprus was ...

Corrupt, decadent, backward, perennially broke and plagued by rebellions, the Ottoman Empire shrank and fell inexorably apart over the course of two centuries before finally disappearing in 1922. That ...

The wreck yields 14 Janissary rifles, approximately 2,500 lead marbles, exploded cannonballs and sets of blue-painted porcelain bowls thought to have been made in China for Islamic markets.

On Useful Enemies: Islam and the Ottoman Empire in Western Political Thought, 1450–1750 by Noel Malcolm. Among the “theoretical perspectives” that the modern academy expects us to take seriously is ...

At the turn of the 15th century, the Ottoman Empire was at the zenith of its power. However, its success did not go unnoticed ...

Led by Fatih Sultan Mehmet at the age of 21, the conquest transformed Constantinople into the Ottoman capital, ushering in a new era of political, ...

The Ottoman Empire left behind a rich artistic heritage, and among its most admired crafts was Iznik pottery. This art form began in the small Turkish town of Iznik and flourished from the late 15th ...

But when there is conflict, an exchange is inevitable — like when your car door dings someone else’s and a spot of paint transfers between the two. Such exchange is the locus of the Frist Art Museum’s ...

“Venice and the Ottoman Empire,” at the North Carolina Museum of Art, is a luxurious introduction to the complex, symbiotic relationship between two rival maritime empires. It’s an import-export tale ...