The Ottomans -- Life in the European 'core' provinces of the Ottoman Empire, 1413-1574 -- The vassal and tribute-paying states -- Life in the European 'core' provinces of the Ottoman Empire, 1574-1804 -- General considerations -- Appendixes. The House of Osman -- Grand Vezirs -- Major military campaigns, peace treaties, territorial gains and losses of the Ottoman empire in Europe, 1345-1804 -- Rulers (emperors, kings, princes, bans, etc.) with whom the Ottomans came into contact either as enemies or as overlords, 1282-1804 -- Glossary of geographic names -- Glossary of foreign terms and expressions.