Category power

When Power Stops Compounding

Being at the top often creates an illusion that such a state will never end. In reality, the peak is the beginning of inevitable decline. The decline rarely arrives loudly. It comes quietly, driven by different factors, not always at the same time, making it even less visible.

Empire as a Machine

The Empire was born on a myth saying that its founder, Osman, had a mystical dream where the moon came to his chests and tree started to grow out of his navel. Its branches are stretched across three continents making a shade over them. Be it a myth or not, Ottoman Empire was indeed one of the greatest empires ever, ruling the territories of many cultures, religions and languages.