1. The Early
Ottoman Empire s

2. Osman I (Othman):

3. The Golden Age of the Ottomans

4. Mehmet II: 1444-1445; 1451-1481 (“The Conqueror”)

5. The Ottoman Capital -- Constantinople

6. “Golden Horn” – 15c map

7. “Golden Horn” from space

8. “Golden Horn”

9. Sunset on the “Golden Horn”

10. The Fall of Constantinople: 1453

11. Europeans vs. Turks

12. The End of the Byzantine Empire

13. Hagia Sophia

14. Hagia Sophia - interior

15. Siege of Constantinople, 1453

16. Selim I, ”the Grim”:

17. Faith Mosque

18. Suleiman the Magnificent: (1520-1566)
Suleiman’s Signature

19. Qur’an Page: Arabic Calligraphy

20. Calligraphy

21. Blue Mosque

22. Blue Mosque - interior

23. Prayer Rug, 16c Ottoman Empire

24. Illuminated Qur’an Page

25. Illuminated Qur’an Page

26. Qur’an Page: Abraham’s Sacrifice of Isaac

27. Qur’an Page: The Angel Gabriel Visits Muhammad

28. Collection of Taxes in Suleiman’s Court

29. Conversations Between Muslims & Christians

30. Scholars at the Galata Observatory (Suleiman’s Constantinople), 1557

31. Janissaries

40. Battle of Lepanto (1571)

41. The Ottoman Empire During the 16c