Agra Fort Amar Singh Gate‚ one of two entrances into Agra’s Red Fort Agra Fort (sometimes called the Red Fort)‚ was commissioned by the great Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1565‚ and is another of Agra’s World Heritage Sites. A stone tablet at the gate of the Fort states that it had been built before 1000 but was later renovated by Akbar. The red sandstone fort was converted into a palace during Shāh Jahān’s time‚ and reworked extensively with marble and pietra dura inlay. Notable buildings in the fort
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Thesis: 1. Russia vs Ottoman Empire The war was brought upon by the balance of power in Europe. The fate of the Ottoman Empire began to be referred to by the name of “The Eastern Question”. After the Ottoman Empire began to grow weak following its defeat by Russia‚ Europe would see Russia looking for more places to expand around the Mediterranean. Because of Russia’s previous hold on the Holy Lands of Europe‚ the loss of this power upset her. The Ottoman Empire was forced to give France
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On April 24‚ 1915‚ the Ottoman government started its systematic decimation of its Armenian population. With the decline of power in the Ottoman Empire and military losses experience at the beginning of World War I‚ the Ottoman government used the Armenians as a way to blame their problems on someone else‚ thus began the Armenian Genocide. The Ottoman government confiscated Armenian possessions‚ deported them to different countries‚ and massacred large numbers of Armenian people. Many of the deported
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to be saved from the crippling effects of war. In 1453‚ the Ottoman Empire‚ which had taken much of the Byzantine territories in Europe prior to the Fall of Constantinople in 1453‚ had conquered Constantinople‚ it’s final Christian ruler dieing in battle‚ ending the main Palaiologoi line. A state for Greeks would not exist for another three centuries. Ottoman Greece/The Tourkokratia (1453-1832 A.D.)- From 1453 to 1832 A.D.‚ the Ottoman Empire owned a large amount of the territory we call Greece
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The Ottomans inherited a rich mixture of political traditions from vastly disparate ethnic groups: Turks‚ Persians‚ Mongols‚ Mesopotamian and‚ of course‚ Islam. The Ottoman state‚ like the Turkish‚ Mongol‚ and Mesopotamian states rested on a principle of absolute authority in the monarch. The nature of Ottoman autocracy‚ however‚ is greatly misunderstood and misinterpreted in the West‚ particularly in world history textbooks. The central function of the ruler or Sultan in Ottoman political theory
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Mahal. We had a group trip going to for this significant landmark by Mughal sovereign. The visit was composed by my school. We were more than thirty students. We ventured out from Delhi to Agra by transport. The trip began promptly in the morning and we began at 9.00 am and we were there by 12.30. We repaired our baggage in scholar lodging and continued towards the objective. Taj‚ the best and completion cut bit of the Mughal period was there for our destination tour. We entered through the primary
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II also sent out the Ottoman navy to save the Arabs and Sephardic Jews who were expelled by the Spanish Inquisition. When the Ottomans captured Bursa in 1324 and made it their capital‚ they found a Jewish community oppressed under Byzantine rule. Early in the 14th century‚ when the Ottomans had established their capital at Edirne‚ Jews from Europe migrated there. The Jews welcomed the Ottomans as saviours; Ottoman rule was much kinder than Byzantine rule had been. Ottoman empire actively encouraged
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cause could be considered the decline of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire for many years was very strong to begin with it had‚ strong sultans and a working millet system. After the 1699 defeat however by the Hapsburg Empire (Britain) the empire goes into decline. The treaty signed after the defeat‚ Treaty of Karlowitz‚ prevents the Ottoman Empire from expanding. The decline of the Ottoman Empire created weak and incompetent
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Armenians and the rest of the Ottoman Empire could be described in two words: mistrust and fear. While Armenians gradually found their footing in Ottoman society‚ the Turks felt increasingly threatened by this. Instances of new ideas of nationalism‚ revolution‚ rumors‚ and scapegoating were indicative of this relationship. Specifically‚ four episodes that respectively demonstrate this are the founding of the Hnchak and Dashnak political parties‚ the seizure of the Bank Ottoman‚ the lead-up to the Adana
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during the Mughal Empire’s period of greatest prosperity‚ was grief-stricken when his third wife‚ a Persian princess‚ died during the birth of their 14th child. Construction of the Taj Mahal began in 1632. The Taj Mahal incorporates and expands on design traditions of Persian architecture and some Mughal architecture. The tomb is the central focus of the entire complex of the Taj Mahal. The tombs them self’s took 10 years. The exterior decorations of the Taj Mahal are among the finest in Mughal architecture
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