“What makes us and them, self and other, East and West, Muslim, Christian, and Jew any different? By narrating history to establish a connection to the past and to ourselves, we find the answer. […] Because our lives have been shaped by their actions, their entangled histories are worth discovering and placing in the right context, especially if such histories are unfamiliar yet closer to us than we realised.” ReligionCultureHistoryOttomans Book:The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars and Caliphs Source: The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars and Caliphs