Historian Ugur Pece revisits the turbulent end of Ottoman rule in Crete, reframing it as an intimate civil conflict with ...

One of the greatest empires in history, the Ottomans reigned for more than 600 years before crumbling on the battlefields of World War I. The tughra (insignia) of the 16th-century Ottoman emperor ...

Abdülhamid II’s Tribal School was a strategic soft-power bet that knit far-flung peoples together and paved the groundwork ...

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 Ottoman Empire ruled vast territories for centuries, but by the 19th and early 20th centuries, internal corruption, ...

Crescent Dawn is a highly readable and well researched military and political history of the Ottoman empire during its rise. The book is illustrated with eight clear maps, several family trees, and a ...

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 ...

In the context of military technological developments in eastern Europe, the notion of an Ottoman decline needs to be called into question. In this essay Keith Krause's model for the spread of ...

Beams of sunlight cut through the steam like lasers, while bathers loll contentedly in the warm, mineral-rich water under a magnificent domed roof. Built in the 16th century, the Rudas Baths in ...

Rise of Empires: Ottoman is yet another Netflix original docuseries that seeks to spice up history with lavish dramatic reenactments, sexy visuals, and over-the-top battle sequences. Like the Roman ...