Itwastheworld'slastIslamicempire-asuper-powerofamillionsquaremiles.FromitscapitalinIstanbulitmatchedthegloriesofAncientRome.Andaftersixcenturiesinpoweritcollapsedlessthanahundredyearsago.RagehOmaarsetsouttodiscoverwhytheOttomanshavevanishedfromourunderstandingofthehistoryofEurope.WhysofewrealisetheimportanceofOttomanhistoryintoday'sMiddleEast.AndwhyyouhavetoknowtheOttomanstorytounderstandtherootsofmanyoftoday'stroublespotsfromPalestine,IraqandIsraeltoLibya,Syria,Egypt,BosniaandKosovo.