Episodes

7 episodes in this season

Between Two Rivers

57 min

The Triumph Of Monotheism

57 min

A Force From The Desert

57 min

The Muslim Renaissance

57 min

The Asian Crucible

57 min

The Rise Of The Ottomans

57 min

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The Ottomans And The West

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East To West

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The Ottomans And The West

Season 1 · Episode 7 · Sep 15, 2012

The film looks at the wider Ottoman world, taking in superb merchants’ houses in Birgi (Anatolia) and Damascus. At the edge of empire, on the Persian border near Mt Ararat, we discover how the Ottoman’s controlled the extremities of Empire at Ishak Pasha’s magnificent palace. The programme then explores the growing European fascination with ‘The Orient’ throughout the 19th century, both as a place of culture and also as a trading partner and market for mass produced western goods. We end by tracing the decline of the Ottoman Empire in the dying days of the19th century, a time when the Sultans still managed to achieve great feats, including the building of the great Hejaz Railway across the Arabian desert.

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East To West

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The Ottomans And The West

Season 1 · Episode 7 · Sep 15, 2012

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