《鄂圖曼帝國五百年的和平》

十四世紀初葉，在安納托利亞邊境誕生的小國——奧斯曼公國，發展成覆蓋巴爾幹、安納托利亞、阿拉伯世界、北非的大帝國——鄂圖曼帝國。至十九世紀為止，鄂圖曼帝國在橫跨約五百年的時間，管理多民族與多宗教，實現長期的安定，使得東西文明的界限日趨模糊。爾後，鄂圖曼帝國又延續了近百年，直到一九二二年方才落幕。

Anatolia: historical name for the western part of Asia Minor, specifically the peninsula bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Aegean Sea to the west — often used of Asia Minor in its entirety

Balkan Peninsula: peninsula in southeastern Europe between the Adriatic and Ionian seas on the west and the Aegean and Black seas on the east