Course Number:

Credit Hours:

4

Course Title:

The Ottoman Empire (1300-1920)

Course Description:

Examines the emergence of the Ottoman state from a frontier principality into a world empire in its sociopolitical and cultural contexts, as well as the transformations of the classical Ottoman order in the Middle East and southeastern Europe until the demise of the state. Topics include pre-Ottoman Anatolia, methods of conquest, classical institutions, the urban transformation of Byzantine Constantinople into Ottoman Istanbul and the formation of an imperial architectural style, social disturbances, relations between the capital and provinces, changing relations with Europe, nationalist movements, and the Eastern “question.”