Explorations: Ships of Fortune: Istanbul - The nature of power in the Ottoman Empire

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Description: Background to the Channel 4 Millennium Series ‘The Day the World Took Off’. With thanks to Windfall Films.

Against the background of the Topkapi Palace of the Sultans in Istanbul, Alan Macfarlane reflects on the nature of political and social power within the Ottoman Empire.
 
Created: 2018-03-09 09:08
Collection: A History of the World (The Day the World Took Off)
Publisher: University of Cambridge
Copyright: Prof Alan Macfarlane
Language: eng (English)
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