Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: Empire, Republic, Democracy: A History of Turkey
Video lessons from notable scholars traces the final years of the Ottoman Empire, the birth of the Turkish Republic, and contemporary issues in Turkey.
15 Minute History
15 Minute History: History of the Ottoman Empire Part 1
A podcast [21:57] identifying the origin of the Turkish Ottoman Empire, created in 1299. Find out who these people were and how they became so successful.
15 Minute History
15 Minute History: History of the Ottoman Empire Part 2
Listen to part two of the History of the Ottoman Empire podcast. [22:33] Consider the people of the great empire that survived longer than any other economic system. How did the empire last as long as it did? What were the conditions?...
Crash Course
Crash Course World History #19: Venice and the Ottoman Empire
John Green discusses the strange and mutually beneficial relationship between a republic, the citystate of Venice, and an Empire, the Ottomans. Together, the Ottoman Empire and Venice grew wealthy by facilitating trade: The Venetians had...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Conserving the Damascus Room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
This video [3:19] features the Damascus Room [1707] which served as the reception area within a Syrian home of the Ottoman period. Extensive conservation and historical research were carried out by the Metropolitan Museum in preparation...