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By understanding the dramatic story of the Ottoman Empire - from its early years as a collection of raiders and conquerors to its undeniable power in the 15th and 16th centuries to its catastrophic collapse in the wreckage of the First World War - one can better grasp the current complexities of the Middle East. Befitting a story of such epic scope and grandeur, every lecture is a treasure trove of historical insights into the people, events, themes, and locales responsible for shaping the story of this often-overlooked empire.

In 1517, the Ottoman Sultan Selim "the Grim" conquered Egypt and brought his empire for the first time in history into direct contact with the trading world of the Indian Ocean. During the decades that followed, the Ottomans became progressively more engaged in the affairs of this vast and previously unfamiliar region, eventually to the point of launching a systematic ideological, military and commercial challenge to the Portuguese Empire, their main rival for control of the lucrative trade routes of maritime Asia.

The Ottoman Empire has long exerted a strong pull on Western minds and hearts. For over 600 years the empire swelled and declined, rising from a dusty fiefdom in the foothills of Anatolia to a power which ruled over the Danube and the Euphrates with the richest court in Europe. But its decline was prodigious, protracted and total.

A long-form documentary podcast exploring the full lifespan of the Ottoman world — from the political collapse of medieval Anatolia to the emergence of the Turkish Republic in the 1920s. This series traces how a small frontier group operating on the margins of collapsing empires grew into one of history’s longest-lasting imperial systems, and how that system adapted, struggled, and ultimately dissolved under the pressures of war, reform, nationalism, and modernity.

The Ottoman Empire was one of the longest standing empires in the world. Started in 1299, the Ottomans would conquer much of the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeastern Europe. This classic by William Deans covers 600 years of Ottoman rule.

The Ottoman Empire lasted for six hundred years and dominated the Middle East and Europe, from Budapest to Baghdad and everything in between. The sultans ruled three continents. But they didn't do it on their own. This podcast looks at the cast of characters who made the empire run: the sultan, the queen mother, the peasant, the janissary, the harem eunuch, the holy man, and the outlaw.

LISTEN Continuous narrative podcast on the Ottoman Empire. EXPLORE Sultans, Kings, Knights, and Janissaries. EXPERIENCE the epic 14th through 18th century clash of civilizations. Islam and Christendom waring in the Eastern Mediterranean, Balkans, Black Sea, and more. SUBSCRIBE Immerse yourself beginning with Episode 1, The Dream of Osman, a journey originating in the dusty hinterland of Anatolia . Later episodes Crusade of Nicopolis. Crusade of Varna. Battle of the Black Birds. Conquest Constantinople. Strategy. So much more! You WON'T find another history podcast like this!

It was not until the tenth century that Christendom recognised Baghdad, Damascus, Cordoba, and subsequently Istanbul as the epicentre of a highly sophisticated Islamic civilisation. A dynamic civilisation rapidly developed from the intersection of Greek, Persian, and Arab cultures, which Europe would later draw upon more than it is willing to admit. The various Islamic empires that ascended and declined, along with their contributions to global civilisation, will be examined in the upcoming podcasts. These podcasts are motivated by the scholarly published works of the author himself.

From the fall of Constantinople in 1453 until the 18th century, many Western European writers viewed the Ottoman Empire with almost obsessive interest. In this path-breaking audiobook, Noel Malcolm ranges through these vital centuries of East-West interaction, studying all the ways in which thinkers in the West interpreted the Ottoman Empire as a political phenomenon - and Islam as a political religion.

Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the history of the Islamic world through its religion, thinkers, poetry, empire and rulers 'An ever-growing library of wisdom' The Economist Since 1998, In Our Time has been the go-to radio programme for knowledge seekers and inquiring minds. Tackling big topics...