The Ottoman army was the military structure established by Mehmed II during his reorganization of the Ottoman state and its military. It resulted from a major reorganization of the standing army ...
During the reign of Mehmed II in the 15th and 16th centuries of the Ottoman Empire the use of effective record keeping allowed for a vast and detailed archive of information about its population. This ...
A 15th-century sword in remarkable condition was discovered during a community archaeology excavation in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, organised by the Herman Ottó Museum and the MNM National ...
Three years ago, Canberrans expressed an outpouring of emotion at the closure of what is undisputedly one of our oldest and favourite dining establishments. But it’s time to dry your eyes and make ...
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23, 2024. The Topkapi Palace was the palace of the Ottoman Empire from the 15th to the 19th century. In 1924, the palace was converted into the Topkapi Palace Museum. The museum now houses many ...
Ottoman Empire by Train (Channel 4) sounds terribly romantic, doesn’t it? I was so taken by the title that I began googling Orient-Express journeys to Istanbul, but it turns out that five days ...
It's not enough to buy your ticket - there's a dress code. The archaeologist had a head start, on Ottoman Empire By Train. Her pink hair would be the envy of any dapper traveller. But as for the ...
Hof, who stated: “A century after the end of the Ottoman Empire, no successor to Istanbul’s sultan-caliph has emerged”. Indeed, the absence of a khilafah, a Muslim empire or nation state that ...
He walked down the rough stone steps of overlapping empires, a snarl of ruins smoothed by metal ramps leading to the 10th century walls that defended the ... the dogged valor with which the ...