1. Urban landscape
Like most empires, the Ottoman Empire comprised not one but many societies. Constantinople (now Istanbul) was already a metropolis of 80,000-100,000 inhabitants by 1500. By 1800, its population (including suburb…
Like most empires, the Ottoman Empire comprised not one but many societies. Constantinople (now Istanbul) was already a metropolis of 80,000-100,000 inhabitants by 1500. By 1800, its population (including suburb…