World History › Section P · The early modern Islamic world › Topic P.2
The Ottoman Empire
In the 1500s the Ottoman Empire ruled from Hungary to Iraq and from Algeria to the Persian Gulf. This topic looks at how it was governed, who held power inside it, and how historians now judge the centuries after Suleiman.
In this topic
- Selim's conquests
- Suleiman's wars
- Kanun and the lawgiver
- The sultan's servants
- Worked example: was there a millet system?
- Women of the dynasty
- Life in the empire
- Builders and scholars
- After Suleiman
- Worked example: decline or transformation?
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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