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The Mediterranean played a central role in the political,
military, and political life of the Ottoman Empire.
It was a context for intensive military and political
confrontation with European powers, a space of
trade, scientific, and cultural exchanges across political
and religious boundaries, and a natural environment
constraining imperial policies and economic development.
This graduate class analyzes the long-lasting and
multifaceted engagement of the Ottoman Empire with the
Mediterranean Sea between the conquest of Constantinople in
1453 and the onset of World War 1. It deals with wars and
piracy, diplomacy, long-distance trade, the environment,
slavery, religion, and interreligious cultural and
scientific exchanges.
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