Origins and rise
The fall of Constantinople (1453)
Suleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520-1566)
Ottoman administration: the devshirme and millet systems
Economy and trade
Society and culture
Decline
Primary sources
Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Turkish Letters (1555-1562)
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu on Ottoman women (1717)
Anonymous Greek chronicle on the fall of Constantinople (1453)
Key figures
Key events summary
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