61 - The Ottoman Empire - The Beginning

The great empire that would rule from North Africa to Arabia and threaten the gates of Vienna started from the most humble origins.  The leader of a small Turkish tribe escaping the Mongol advance, Osman the First would lay the foundations of the last great empire of the Golden Age of Islam.

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Exploring the cultural, political, intellectual and scientific achievements of the Islamic Golden Age and the relations between Islam and the West during the height of Muslim power.