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Growth of the Ottoman Empire
This map shows the expansion of Ottoman Empire expanded out from Anatolia into Southeastern Europe, Iraq, Syria, the Hijāz, Egypt, and North Africa over the course of the sixteenth-century. In terms of rulership and justice, the Ottoman state was both traditional and innovative, integrating elements of both the Sunnī-Jamā‘ī Imamate and the sacral sultanate into its program of governance. The Ottoman Empire was the last large, multi-ethnic land empire of the Middle East; its disintegration in the early twentieth-century gave way to the era of modern nation-states and the challenges of nation-state politics.
Name: Growth of the Ottoman Empire
Material: JPEG image
Size: 1200 x 1019 pixels
Date: unknown
Place of Origin: USA
Location: University of Chicago
Source and Registration#: Professor John E. Woods
John Woods
Professor of Iranian and Central Asian History, and of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Alexander Barna
Outreach Coordinator, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago
