The rise of the Ottoman Empire - Mostafa Minawi
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In the late 13th century, Osman I established a small principality sandwiched between a crumbling Byzantine Empire and a weakened Sultanate of the Seljuk of Rum, in what is now Turkey. In just a few generations, this territory had outmaneuvered more powerful neighbors to become the vast Ottoman Empire. What enabled its rapid rise? Mostafa Minawi details the early days of the Ottomans.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Mostafa Minawi
- Director Serin İnan, Kozmonot Animation Studio
- Narrator Jack Cutmore-Scott
- Animator Tuncay Çetin, Gürkan Gürler
- Storyboard Artist Gürkan Gürler
- Compositor Gürkan Gürler
- Sound Designer Deniz Doğançay
- Art Director Can Tuğrul, Gürkan Gürler
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Music Deniz Doğançay
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Editorial Producer Elizabeth Cox
- Script Editor Eden Girma
- Fact-Checker Joseph Isaac
