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6 days ago · The Ottoman Empire and Safavid Iran is a cheerful and interesting read that sheds light on a neglected topic. Those interested in diplomatic history, relation between states and regional order ...
4 days ago · Answer: Anatolia. Most historians believe that the people who became known as the Ottoman Turks left Central Asia during the period of Mongol invasions in the 1200s, and settled in the western part of Anatolia, which is approximately modern-day Turkey. Over time the Ottoman Empire stretched from North Africa, Western Asia, and Southern and ...
4 days ago · 01. Inception: Ottoman architecture took root in Bursa and Edirne, cities that were capitals of the Ottoman Empire before Istanbul. 02. Influences: This style was heavily influenced by the Byzantine architecture of Constantinople, Islamic architectural traditions from the Seljuk Turks, and Persian innovations.
3 days ago · Istanbul, largest city and principal seaport of Turkey. Historically known as Byzantium and then Constantinople, it was the capital of the Byzantine Empire and the Ottoman Empire. Istanbul straddles the Bosporus strait, one of two waterways that separates the European and Asian parts of Turkey.
- Blake Ehrlich
2 days ago · In Atatürk: Lessons in Leadership from the Greatest General of the Ottoman Empire, historian and former U.S. Army Reserve Colonel Austin Bay delivers a biography of this remarkable man whose lessons still resonate today. Bay discusses Atatürk’s role as a modernizer—he abolished the Ottoman Sultanate, emancipated women, and adopted Western ...
4 days ago · 3. Part of Ottoman province of Damascus. Princedom from 1921 (Hashemite family). Answer: Transjordan. Now the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. 4. Local ruler Ibn Saud, holding Wahabi version of Islam, controlled one part of this territory (from 1921), the other part was controlled by the Sharifs of Mecca 1916-24.
2 days ago · Timur, [b] also known as Tamerlane [c] (8 April 1336 [7] – 17–18 February 1405), was a Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in and around modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia, becoming the first ruler of the Timurid dynasty. An undefeated commander, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest military leaders and ...
