After the Break: Making of the Modern World
This is a show about the fall of the Great Powers and the end of the colonial system. By charting some of the formative, yet little-known, revolutionary movements of the late 19th and early 20th century we hope to make these important stories accessible in the modern day. So without further ado, please join for our first season on the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the upheavals and political dynamics that made its successor states. Moving forward, we will be publishing episodes biweekly. Our first season should ~25 episodes, followed by a series on Persia.
Episodes
1.6 Rock Bottom
The Ottoman state is forced to default on its foreign debt, with effects that will bring the Empire to the brink: economic crises, revolts, coups, and invasions will all fundamentally change the direction of the Ottoman Empire, as the Tanzimat goes up in smoke.
1.5 The Great Reordering
The ascension of Abdülmecid in 1839 marks a dramatic change in the direction for the Ottoman Empire, as he and his ministers begin an ambitious to remake the institutions of the state. However, even as the Sultanate embraces modern philosophies of governance it will continue to be beset by internal strife and foreign influence.
1.4 The Eastern Question
Sultan Mahmud II faces the janissaries and attempts to assert centralized rule over his realm, as the Empire is rocked by some of its greatest crises yet: Balkan separatists, Russian invasion, and the ambitious governor of Egypt, Muhammad Ali.
1.3 Empire at the Crossroads
A showdown between the progressive Sultan Selim III and reactionary elements of his court sets the stage for the next decades of Ottoman tension between top-down modernizers and the competing needs and aspirations of a complex and diverse Empire.
1.2 Cracks in the Foundation
The sprawling Empire of Suleiman the Magnificent faces the challenges and realities of a rapidly modernizing world, internal revolts, and the growing strength of the European Great Powers.
1.1 Rise of the Turks
We begin our journey to the creation of modern Turkey in the distant past, as a steppe people move from Central Asia to establish what will become the Ottoman Empire-- the most dominant power in Eastern Europe and the Middle East for centuries.
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