It was the world's last Islamic empire - a super-power of a million square miles. From its capital in Istanbul it matched the glories of Ancient Rome. And after six centuries in power it collapsed less than a hundred years ago. Rageh Omaar sets out to discover why the Ottomans have vanished from our understanding of the history of Europe. Why so few realise the importance of Ottoman history in today's Middle East. And why you have to know the Ottoman story to understand the roots of many of today's trouble spots from Palestine, Iraq and Israel to Libya, Syria, Egypt, Bosnia and Kosovo. 译文(2): 它是世界上最后一个伊斯兰帝国——一个面积达100万平方英里的超级大【资源囤-ZiYuanTun.Com】。从它的首都伊斯坦布尔开始，它与古罗马的辉煌相匹配。经过六个世纪的统治，它在不到一百年前崩溃了。拉吉 · 奥马尔着手研究为什么奥斯曼人从我们对欧洲历史的理解中消失了。为什么很少有人意识到奥斯曼帝国历史在当今中东的重要性。为什么你必须了解奥斯曼帝国的故事，才能理解今天许多动乱地区的根源，从巴勒斯坦、伊拉克和以色列到利比亚、叙利亚、埃及、波斯尼亚和科索沃。
简介：It was the world's last Islamic empire - a super-power of a million square miles. From its capital in Istanbul it matched the glories of Ancient Rome. And after six centuries in power it collapsed less than a hundred years ago. Rageh Omaar sets out to discover why the Ottomans have vanished from our understanding of the history of Europe. Why so few realise the importance of Ottoman history in today's Middle East. And why you have to know the Ottoman story to understand the roots of many of today's trouble spots from Palestine, Iraq and Israel to Libya, Syria, Egypt, Bosnia and Kosovo. 译文(2): 它是世界上最后一个伊斯兰帝国——一个面积达100万平方英里的超级大【资源囤-ZiYuanTun.Com】。从它的首都伊斯坦布尔开始，它与古罗马的辉煌相匹配。经过六个世纪的统治，它在不到一百年前崩溃了。拉吉 · 奥马尔着手研究为什么奥斯曼人从我们对欧洲历史的理解中消失了。为什么很少有人意识到奥斯曼帝国历史在当今中东的重要性。为什么你必须了解奥斯曼帝国的故事，才能理解今天许多动乱地区的根源，从巴勒斯坦、伊拉克和以色列到利比亚、叙利亚、埃及、波斯尼亚和科索沃。
