The persistent portrayal of Ottoman governance as religious coercion reveals the extent to which fear shaped external...
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They needed to reform their education system to keep up with Western rivals. By Dr. Irem Aslan...
Eastern influences were visible in the dress of European elites going back to at least the 12th...
American democracy was at the center of Greek public discourse and became a basic argument among them...
The military past of the Ottoman Turks is relevant even in the modern world. Introduction Spanning across...
Drought has been a threat multiplier for centuries, fueling conflict and migration from the time of the...
The tradition of the Ottoman coffeehouses was exported to the other European empires where coffee became a...
In the Middle Ages, Constantinople was the richest European city and was known as the “Queen of...
They were part of the Armenian millet until the Tanzimat reforms in the nineteenth century equalized all...
How the Ottoman, Habsburg, and Venetian empires interacted with each other and how their competition over southeastern...
How did the Ottomans shape the political and religious history of early modern Europe? Originally published by...
The Turks absorbed, adapted and modified the cultures of conquered lands and their peoples. Introduction Ottoman culture evolved...
White Tower in Thessaloniki, Greece The Ottoman Empire captured Thessaloniki in 1430 and ruled it until 1912. ...
Three Girls, 1890, photographer unknown. Albumen print. Pierre de Gigord Collection of Photographs of the Ottoman Empire...
Armenians marched by Ottoman soldiers / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Markus Koller / 01.10.2012 Professor of History...
A new volume of essays looks afresh at women’s lives during the 600 years of the Ottoman...