Prime Video: The Ottomans vs Christians

Season 1

From its origins as a nomadic Turkoman tribe from central Asia the Ottoman Empire became one of the worlds most impressive super powers dominating swathes of the Middle East Northern Africa and South Eastern Europe for some 500 years As a leader of the Islamic world its incursions into Europe were often seen as a religious offensive sparking a titanic power struggle between the forces of

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S1 E1 - Dream of Empire
June 1, 2010
55min
TV-14
In this first episode we follow the Ottomans rise from obscure beginnings as a nomadic tribe in Anatolia to their game changing conquest of the famed Byzantine capitol of Orthodox Christianity Constantinople
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S1 E2 - Vienna The Golden Apple
July 7, 2010
55min
13+
In episode two we explore the Ottoman Empires Golden Age and chart the height of its expansion into Europe climaxing with the 1683 siege of Vienna
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S1 E3 - The Sick Man of Europe
July 7, 2010
54min
13+
Our third and final episode looks at the Ottoman Empire's slow decline in the face of Russian expansion and explores the complex alliances it would forge with European powers in an effort to survive. The map of Europe would be radically redrawn and the Ottoman Empire would come to a humiliating end, giving birth to the modern Turkish Republic.
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