In 1565, the Ottoman Empire launched a massive invasion to seize Malta and turn it into a gateway for further expansion into Christian Europe. Despite overwhelming numbers, internal command disputes, ...

Translated by Ali Katebi from English, “The Ottoman Empire” and “Daily Life in the Ottoman Empire” have been published by the Elmi Farhangi Publications in Tehran, ILNA reported. The Ottoman Empire ...

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 ...

In a new book, a Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (SFS) professor challenges the traditional notion that the Ottoman Empire crumbled slowly, as a result of ethnic and ...

A six-hundred-year empire broke under the strain of modern war. From Gallipoli to the Arab Revolt, defeats, internal tensions ...

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 ...

From the Middle Ages to the first decades of the 20th century, the vast Islamic state known as the Ottoman Empire held sway. It took root in what is present-day Turkey and grew to include various ...

For centuries empires were the dominant form of political organisation. In the west there is some degree of familiarity with the British, French and German empires, and the empires of Spain and ...

The Ottoman empire dates from the late 13th century until 1922, when it was replaced by the Turkish Republic and various successor states in south-eastern Europe and the Middle East. The centre of the ...

The Ottoman Empire begins the grand campaign with the largest number of holdings of any empire. Unfortunately these holdings will quickly and continuously come under attack from your neighbors due to ...