2021
Rise of the Ottoman Empire
TED-Ed
In the late 13th century, Osman I established a small principality sandwiched between a crumbling Byzantine Empire and a weakened Sultanate of the Seljuk of Rum, in what is now Turkey. In just a few generations, this territory had outmaneuvered more powerful neighbors to become the vast Ottoman Empire. What enabled its rapid rise? Mostafa Minawi details the early days of the Ottomans.
Educator: Mostafa Minawi
Director: Serin Inan
Narrator: Jack Cutmore-Scott
Director of Production: Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Director: Alex Rosenthal
Producer: Bethany Cutmore-Scott
Editorial Producer: Elizabeth Cox
Script Editor: Eden Girma
Storyboard Artist: Gürkan Gürler
Art Director: Gürkan Gürler
Animators: Tuncay Çetin, Gürkan Gürler
Layout Artists: Can Tugrul, Gürkan Gürler
Composer and Sound Designer: Deniz Dogançay
Executive Creative Director: Logan Smalley

Anonymous Companies
Client:
TED-Ed
Year:
2015
Companies are artificial entities created to allow real people to do business. But, unfortunately, there are some types of companies that aren’t engaged in any business at all. Instead, these anonymous companies exist mainly to disguise people doing things they’d rather not have the public know about. Global Witness explains how anonymous companies are used to cover up crime and corruption.
Lesson by Global Witness