death of Aurangzeb‚ Mughal decline begins 1736 – Nadir Shah proclaimed sultan of Persia Terms‚ People‚ Events Ottomans – Turkic people who advanced from strongholds in Asia Minor during 1350s; conquered large part of Balkans‚ unified under Mehmed I; captured Constantinople in 1453; established empire from Balkans that included most of the Arab world Vizier – equivalent of the Abbasid wazir; head of Ottoman bureaucracy; after 15th century often more powerful than sultan Red Heads – name given
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Starting with Mehmed the Conqueror taking Istanbul‚ the Ottomans had made their conquests known. Even after Mehmed‚ every new Sultan came another territory taken. That cycle continued up until Suleiman the Magnificent‚ where he would seize all but Hungary‚ and come up short in the end. If there was any group that
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KFNTravelGuide ONE STOP FOR TRAVEL RELATED INFORMATION 1.Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco‚ United States Opened on 27 May 1937 and was the longest suspension bridge span in the world at the time. This remained until Verrazano Narrows Bridge was built in New York in 1964‚ Golden Gate Bridge is now the seventh longest main span in the world. Construction of the 8‚981 feet or 2‚737 m bridge commenced on January 5‚ 1933. The projected cost was $35 million‚ however it was completed at
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Short Paper #2 Many empires have come and gone. They rise to great power and then after they fall we can analyze the reasons for the decline of the empires. Yang Lian and Mehmed Pasha both wrote about the decline of their societies. The Ming Empire and society were impacted by invading forces and dealt with rebellion from within its own country as well and the Ottoman Empire encountered financial issues within itself. All of which were reasons and causes for the empire’s declines and falls. The
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Vlad the Impaler‚ a.k.a. Vlad III‚ Dracula‚ Drakulya‚ or Tepes‚ was born in late 1431‚ in the citadel of Sighisoara‚ Transylvania‚ the son of Vlad II or Dracul‚ a military governor‚ appointed by Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund. Vlad Dracul was also a knight in the Order of the Dragon‚ a secret fraternity created in 1387 by the Emperor‚ sworn to uphold Christianity and defend the empire against the Islamic Turks. Transylvania‚ along with Moldavia‚ and Wallachia‚ are now joined together as Romania. The
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Hagia Sophia In this paper I will be writing about the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul‚ Turkey. It will include the beautiful location‚ the hardships of the building itself plus more. I will also be trying to identify the purposes from which the Hagia Sophia was created but by looking at it as a piece of art not just as a gigantic church. Then to wrap things up I will go over the architectural design and how artists use the elements and principles to create a piece of work. Istanbul is a remarkable
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The Ottomans conquered Constantinople and ended the Byzantine Empire in what year? For seven weeks in the spring of 1453‚ the army of the Ottoman sultan‚ Mehmed II‚ “The Conqueror‚” which numbered well over 100‚000‚ assaulted the triple ring of land walls that had protected the city for centuries. The outnumbered forces of the defenders repulsed attack after attack until the sultan ordered his gunners to batter a
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According to archaeologist Mehmed Cakir‚ the Uluburun shipwreck was one of the oldest ships ever found‚ dating back to 1310 B.C. When the ship was found‚ it was nearly 3‚300 years of age. They knew this because of the dating of a branch‚ which was a piece of fresh cut firewood aboard the boat. It took ten years to complete the excavation‚ an entire decade! Mehmed Cakir found the boat in 1982 and the excavation happened two years later. It was a hard job‚ and required eleven consecutive campaigns
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Slaves in the Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire existed from year 1453 to 1923 and was one of the largest and most well organized empires in world history. The Ottomans were very successful and conquered enormous territories with their large and professional standing armies. The Ottoman Empire was a slave society and slavery was very popular among the Ottomans. The sultan owned all property and had enormous power‚ and that was partly because he had so many slaves. That gave him much more control
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Vlad was not capable of stopping this massive Turkish advance‚ but he kept small guerrilla attacks such as “The Night Attacks”‚ where Vlad Tepes attacked the Turkish camp in the night in an attempt to assassinate Mehmed. The Ottomans over ran Wallachia‚ forcing Vlad to run away‚ and marched on conquering the entire Balkans‚ keeping Radu behind in hopes of gaining anti-Vlad support. Around 1475‚ Vlad allied himself with Stephen V Bathony to reconquer Wallachia from
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