Great courses (DVD). Ancient history

Lecturer: Professor Kenneth W. Harl, Tulane University

Join Professor Kenneth W. Harl for The Ottoman Empire: 36 enlightening lectures that investigate the nature of Ottoman identity, the achievements and oddities of the sultan's court, and stories of confrontation and cooperation with the West

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Mode of access: World Wide Web

Episode 1

Sublime Porte

Episode 2

Seljuk Turks in Asia Minor

Episode 3

The Islamization of Asia Minor

Episode 4

Ottoman Sultans of Bursa

Episode 5

Defeat and Recovery, 1402-1451

Episode 6

Mehmet the Conqueror, 1451-1481

Episode 7

Selim the Grim and the Conquest of Cairo

Episode 8

Suleiman the Magnificent, 1520-1566

Episode 9

Sultans in Topkapı, 1566-1648

Episode 10

The Sultan-Caliph and His Servants

Episode 11

Timariots, Peasants, and Pastoralists

Episode 12

Trade, Money, and Cities

Episode 13

Arabs under the Ottoman Caliph

Episode 14

Christians and Jews under the Porte

Episode 15

Sunni Islam and Ottoman Civilization

Episode 16

Ottoman Constantinople

Episode 17

The Sultan at War

Episode 18

Sultan and Shah

Episode 19

Sultan and Emperor

Episode 20

Sultan and Venice

Episode 21

Köprülü Viziers and Imperial Revival

Episode 22

The Empire at Bay, 1699-1798

Episode 23

Napoleon Invades Ottoman Egypt

Episode 24

Crisis: Muhammad Ali and Balkan Nationalists

Episode 25

Tanzimat and Modernization, 1839-1876

Episode 26

Defeat and Retreat

Episode 27

The Sultan Returns

Episode 28

Constitutional Reform, 1908-1913

Episode 29

War in Libya and the Balkans, 1911-1913

Episode 30

The Road to World War I

Episode 31

The Empire at Total War, 1914-1916

Episode 32

Ottoman Collapse, 1916-1918

Episode 33

Mustafa Kemal, Atatürk

Episode 34

Casualties of War and Ethnic Cleansing

Episode 35

The Emergence of the Turkish Republic

Episode 36

Nation-States, Islam, and the Ottoman Legacy