For other formats, please stay on this page. Despite the fact that its capital city and over one third of its territory was within the continent of Europe, the Ottoman Empire has consistently been ...

Peirce, New York University 'This is a beautiful book, not just a history of the Ottoman Empire from beginning to end, but a history of the Ottomans themselves. Without omitting political chronology, ...

While the Ottoman Empire ruled the Muslim world, the star and crescent was adopted as the symbol of Islam. However, not all Muslims consider the crescent and star to be an Islamic symbol.

Rageh Omaar traces the history of the Ottoman empire. A super-power of a million square miles, it matched the glories of Ancient Rome and collapsed less than a hundred years ago ...

The Ottoman Empire was one of the largest and longest-lived empires in southeastern Europe and the Middle East. It can only ...