Population surveillance. The carrying of identification while traveling. Add to that the public presence of diverse religions ...

During the Armenian Genocide in the early 20th century, the Yazidi community played a crucial but often overlooked role in ...

From the 13th century to the advent of the railway in the early 20th century, Safranbolu was an important ... Safranbolu's architecture influenced urban development throughout much of the Ottoman ...

The century of transition from the mid-1800s to the end of World ... which pushed China's own imperial government into revolution. In the Middle East, the Ottoman Empire was already mired in many of ...

This talk examines the social history of oriental carpets, particularly the production and circulation of carpets by Armenians in the Ottoman Empire and beyond. It discusses the central role of mass ...

An Osaka Metropolitan University historian has found that the Ottoman Empire’s seeming religious tolerance stemmed from ...