This week we shall take our first look at The Ottoman Empire with some social and cultural history.
1 The Fall of Constantinople 1453. We begin where we left off a fortnight ago.
2 Tulips - but not 'from Amsterdam'
3 Christians and Jews within the Empire
4 Wahhabis and The Empire
5 Death by silken cord
6 Inside the Sultan's Harem or Seraglio - not a scene from the panto, Aladdin!
One book not so far mentioned in one of these synopses:
Inside the Seraglio by John Freely
Lockdown Lecture Mon 29 April Hollywood Blockbuster Opening! Who were the Ottomans? Gradual creation of an Euro-Asian Empire The great Prize of Constantinople is seized in 1453 Mehmet II: A Renaissanc
The Rise and Fall of The Byzantine Empire Founding of Constantinople on site of older Byzantium Fall of Western Roman Empire, Survival of Eastern Empire (Byzantine) Christianity later divides between
From the The Rise of Islam to the Crusading Centuries The Pre Islamic Arabs Origins-Language-Tribal Societies- Attitude of Byzantines and Persians- Jewish contact in Book of Nehemiah Mohammed Early L