One of the greatest empires in history, the Ottomans reigned for more than 600 years before crumbling on the battlefields of World War I. The tughra (insignia) of the 16th-century Ottoman emperor ...
The relationship between Java and the Ottoman Empire goes beyond trade or military cooperation. It was also a matter of legitimacy and identity. According to accounts preserved in Javanese royal ...
Mikhail is Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History at Yale University. His new book is GOD’S SHADOW: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World (Liveright ...