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Ottoman EmpireSeries

The Rise of the Ottomans

Ongoing6 episodes1299–1922

How a band of frontier warriors became masters of an old imperial city: from Osman's dream to the walls of Constantinople.

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Episodes

  1. 1 Osman’s Dream 1 min read A frontier chief, a sheikh's daughter and a dream of a great tree.
  2. 2 Bursa, the First Capital 1 min read After a long siege, Orhan takes a Byzantine city and gives the Ottomans a home.
  3. 3 The Fall of Constantinople 1 min read Spring 1453: a twenty-one-year-old sultan, giant cannon and ships carried over a hill.
  4. 4 the powerful ottomans the powerful ottomans 2 min read
  5. 5 ottoman empire after mehmed II Ottoman Empire After Mehmed II 3 min read