A Short History of the Ottoman Empire
Dan Snow's History Hit
History Hit
4.7 • 13.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 July 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
The Ottoman Empire was gigantic; at one point it reached the walls of Vienna to the Persian Gulf and beyond. It was established at the end of the 13th century with its centre in what is now modern Turkey. It held swathes of Europe for centuries right up to the First World War.
In this episode, Professor of International History, Marc Baer and Dan rampage through that history and discover how the Ottomans weren't simply the Islamic-Asian antithesis of the Christian-European West, but in fact, a multi-ethnic, multilingual empire whose religious tolerance and cultural innovation has shaped the landscape of East and West from 1299 right through to the present day.
Produced by Hannah Ward and edited by Dougal Patmore.
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