This course covers the history of the Ottoman Empire. Students will study the formation and consolidation of the Ottoman polity as an imperial entity, its gradual transformation into an imperial power, the complex social and political transformations it went through, the emergence of independent nation-states in its former territories, and the legacy it left behind. Even though the course is mainly chronological in its structure, extensive discussions of social and economic life, law, practices of government, ideology, arts and sciences, and historiography will be included.

Offered for 3 Semester hours.