Douglas A. Howard stresses the crucial role of the Ottoman sultans and their extended household, discusses the evolution of the empire's fiscal model, and analyzes favorite works of Ottoman literature ...

Prussia was undoubtedly one of the most important actors in Europe’s Early- and Late Modern periods. It has a fascinating history and geographically and politically, up until the early 18th century, ...

A historian of the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey, Itzkowitz transferred to emeritus status in 2001 after 42 years on the faculty. Itzkowitz’s scholarship covered a range of topics and periods in ...

At the outbreak of the Great War, the Ottoman Empire entered the conflict exhausted, indebted, and politically isolated, with ...

The Vault is Slate’s history blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @slatevault, and find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. The Ottoman Empire, which at the ...

The Last Days of the Ottoman empire: 1918-1922. By Ryan Gingeras. Allen Lane; 368 pages; $47.95 and £30 As it turned out, more than six centuries of Ottoman rule ended with a whimper rather than a ...

Pandemic is a Greek word, but in 2021 the Greeks have had more than a virus to commemorate. This year marks the bicentennial of their revolution against the Ottoman Empire, a decadelong war in which a ...

Rise of Empires: Ottoman is yet another Netflix original docuseries that seeks to spice up history with lavish dramatic reenactments, sexy visuals, and over-the-top battle sequences. Like the Roman ...