15-minute History, a podcast from the University of Texas at Austin, has a terrific two-part history about the Ottomans.
The first part reviews the origins of the empire and the second part considers the empire's long decline and whether the empire was truly the Sick Man of Europe by the 20th century.
In addition to listening to the podcast, you can also read the transcript which might be good for students who don't have the patience for listening.
The host of 15 Minute History is Christopher Rose, Outreach Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and his guest for the two-part podcast was Barbara Petzen, Director of Middle East Connections.
The podcast includes a link to a primary source collection about the Ottoman Empire from Primary Source. You can read, for example, about the devshirme system in a short document called "The Tribute of Children, 1493."
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