Maps
This map shows the Ottoman control of important trade routes. It also illustrates their desire to expand outwards.
Ottoman control of the Black Sea:
Videos
Websites
http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/commerce-vi (on the economic relationship between Persia and the Ottomans)
http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Dhimmi.html (a concise definition of the Dhimmi and their status)
http://www.theottomans.org/english/maps/map.asp (a compilation of maps showing the expansion and contraction of the ottoman empire)
http://www.theottomans.org/english/glossary/index.asp (a glossary of terms regarding the Ottomans)
http://www.friesian.com/turkia.htm (information regarding Sultans)
http://staff.lib.msu.edu/sowards/balkan/lecture3.html (a lecture from Michigan State University)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/history/ottomanempire_1.shtml
http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Dhimmi.html (a concise definition of the Dhimmi and their status)
http://www.theottomans.org/english/maps/map.asp (a compilation of maps showing the expansion and contraction of the ottoman empire)
http://www.theottomans.org/english/glossary/index.asp (a glossary of terms regarding the Ottomans)
http://www.friesian.com/turkia.htm (information regarding Sultans)
http://staff.lib.msu.edu/sowards/balkan/lecture3.html (a lecture from Michigan State University)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/history/ottomanempire_1.shtml
Books:
The Ottoman Empire: The Classical Age 1300-1600 by Halil İnalcık
History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey by Stanford J. Shaw and Ezel Kural Shaw
A History of Islamic Societies by Ira M. Lapidus
An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Volume 1 by Halil İnalcık, Donald Quataert
Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire by Caroline Finkel
Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire by Jason Goodwin
1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West by Roger Crowley
History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey by Stanford J. Shaw and Ezel Kural Shaw
A History of Islamic Societies by Ira M. Lapidus
An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Volume 1 by Halil İnalcık, Donald Quataert
Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire by Caroline Finkel
Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire by Jason Goodwin
1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West by Roger Crowley
Podcasts:
http://www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/p/episode-list.html
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3857633
https://blogs.utexas.edu/15minutehistory/2013/09/11/episode-26-history-of-the-ottoman-empire-part-i/
https://blogs.utexas.edu/15minutehistory/2013/09/18/episode-27-history-of-the-ottoman-empire-part-2/
https://blogs.utexas.edu/15minutehistory/2013/05/22/european-imperialism-in-the-middle-east-part-1/
https://blogs.utexas.edu/15minutehistory/2013/05/29/european-imperialism-in-the-middle-east-part-2/
https://blogs.utexas.edu/15minutehistory/2013/11/13/episode-31-who-are-the-turks/
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3857633
https://blogs.utexas.edu/15minutehistory/2013/09/11/episode-26-history-of-the-ottoman-empire-part-i/
https://blogs.utexas.edu/15minutehistory/2013/09/18/episode-27-history-of-the-ottoman-empire-part-2/
https://blogs.utexas.edu/15minutehistory/2013/05/22/european-imperialism-in-the-middle-east-part-1/
https://blogs.utexas.edu/15minutehistory/2013/05/29/european-imperialism-in-the-middle-east-part-2/
https://blogs.utexas.edu/15minutehistory/2013/11/13/episode-31-who-are-the-turks/