This documentary delves into the Sultanate of Women, a transformative period in Ottoman history when royal women held unprecedented political influence. From within the imperial harem, mothers, ...

Why the Ottoman Empire rose and fell. One of the greatest empires in history, the Ottomans reigned for more than 600 years before crumbling on the battlefields of World War I.

Turkish women living in the mountain villages of Iskece in Western Thrace, Greece are trying to keep the colorful clothes from the Ottoman period alive. In a bid to preserve their cultural ...

Object Details Author Faroqhi, Suraiya 1941-Fleet, Kate Contents Introduction / Suraiya N. Faroqhi -- An expanding empire -- The Ottomans, 1451-1603: a political history introduction / Kate Fleet -- ...