45. Successors to the Romans, progressive harems, and living Ottomans

Empire

Jack Davenport

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🗓️ 20 April 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Did the Ottomans see themselves as the successors to the Roman Empire? Was the Ottoman harem more progressive than others? How tolerant was the Ottoman Empire? And where are the descendants of the Empire today? Listen as William and Anita answer these questions and more in the very last episode in this series on the Ottomans. Sign up to The Knowledge here: www.theknowledge.com/empire/ LRB Empire offer: lrb.me/empire This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/empirepod. Twitter: @Empirepoduk Goalhangerpodcasts.com Producer: Callum Hill Exec Producer: Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you want access to bonus episodes reading lists for every series of empire, a chat community,
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0:15.1	W. Empire pod UK.com. Hello and me William Durable.
0:32.6	Hello and welcome to Empire with me Anita Arnan. And me, William Durable.
0:34.3	Yay!
0:35.3	Toy!
0:36.3	So I'm so proud!
0:38.3	He's all grown up.
0:40.9	Oh, okay, look, this is part two of the Q&A part of proceedings and I feel like I
0:46.8	wanged on quite a lot last time would you like to wang on
0:49.6	private? Would you ever ever wake up?
0:53.6	All right, look, here is a question.
0:55.3	Let's go straight into it, okay?
0:57.2	And this, by the way, we always do this
0:59.5	at the end of an empire.
1:01.2	So we've been covering the Ottoman Empire Empire and these are some of the questions
1:03.8	that you have brilliant people and we love you so much for doing this have been sending it.
1:07.8	So La Rabe Mohebe says would you categorise the Ottoman harem as more or less progressive than other empires?
1:15.3	So I would definitely categorize it as less progressive than either the saffavids or the
1:20.8	mugels who are the two immediate comparisons to the Ottomans and here is why.
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