6.9/1029 votes#1 - Roots of the Ottomans
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/2013
Rageh Omaar attempts to establish how two parallel narratives have emerged from history, one that is commonly seized on to portray the Ottomans as religious zealots or bent on holy war, another that reveals an empire more ready than others to tolerate differences and driven by much more secular motives.
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7.1/1024 votes#2 - Suleiman the Magnificent and Abdul Hamid II
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/2013
Rageh finds out more about the massive contrasts in the times of two very different Ottoman sultans. They are Suleiman the Magnificent in the Golden Age of the 16th century and the troubled reign of Abdul Hamid II during the 19th century'.
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- 6.5/1021 votes
#3 - Mustafa Kemal-Ataturk
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/2013
Rageh finds out how this great empire was finally destroyed, and its achievements were mainly lost in the trauma of its final years.
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The Best Episodes of The Ottomans: Europe's Muslim Emperors Season 1
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It was the world's last Islamic empire - a super-power of a million square miles. From its capital in Istanbul it matched the glories of...
Genre:Documentary
Network:BBC Two
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Roots of the Ottomans" is the best rated episode of "The Ottomans: Europe's Muslim Emperors" season 1. It scored 6.9/10 based on 29 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/6/2013. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Suleiman the Magnificent and Abdul Hamid II".