ISLA 315 — Ottoman State and Society to 1839

The emergence and development of the Ottoman Empire from its beginnings around 1300 until the Tanzimat Edict of Reform in 1839. A trajectory of Ottoman history from a small principality to a centralized empire, then to a decentralized governmental structure. In addition to chronological developments, questions of imperialideology and the management of ethnically and religiously diverse communities across a vast territory. Exploration of the place of the Ottomans in the early modern world, and their ideological and diplomatic rivalry with other major empires.

• Credits: 3
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Department: Islamic Studies
• Taught by: Aslihan Gürbüzel

Sections offered

• Section 001 (Lec), Fri 11:35 am-2:25 pm — 2 seats open