This is a long-lasting empire. It starts in 13th century, ends in 20th century. So we're talking about a 600-year period, and not exactly what the same geographic borders. But overall, the Ottoman Empire, from the beginning, was very aware of its own multiplicity, if I may put it that way. The Ottoman Empire was established as an empire in a geography of different peoples. The Ottoman's had occupied Byzantines territory. So the landscape that they came to, namely Anatolia, was filled with non-Muslims, Armenians, and Greeks, and Ottomans were very well aware of this. They made a very conscious attempt to include those people rather than exclude them and even assimilate them. It was like the melting pot that America was. And everybody belonged, first and foremost, in the community. For example, if you were Orthodox Greek, you belonged to your own church, to your own community, but at the same time you were an Ottoman subject. But internal affairs of the community, including legal issues, was taken care of by the community. So autonomous when it came to communal affairs, but also treated very much as part of the larger Ottoman subject. So it was a very balanced system.