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.
During the expansion period, namely between the 14th and 16th centuries, the Ottomans followed a policy of tolerance of religious differences in their conquered territories? How did Ottoman religious tolerance help or hinder the Ottoman expansion?
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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
