Nicolle David. The Otomans: Empire of Faith

Thalamus Publishing, 2008. — 191 p.Turkey Before the Ottomans
Turks living with Byzantines
Origins of the Ottoman State
Reaching out to the Sea of Marmara
Across the Straits
Pushing beyond the Byzantine frontier
The Invasion of Europe
United against the fragmenting Balkans
Survival and Expansion
Tamerlane, civil war, and European crusades
Ottomans in the East
From Istanbul to Egypt, Persia, and Arabia
The Golden Age
To the sultanate's greatest extent...before Vienna
The Tulip Period
Artistic flowering, music, and the legal system
Restoration or Reform?
Fragmentation and dissolution during the 19th century
Striving for Modernization
From the Hamidian Age to the skies
Fall of the Ottomans
Disaster and redemption in the early 20th century
Tables of rulers