Assyrian Empire 600 B.C.E. - 600 CE 6th century B.C.E. - life of Buddha‚ Confucius‚ Lao Tsu(beginnings of Confucianism‚ Buddhism‚Taosim) 5th C B.C.E. - Greek Golden Age - philosophers. 323 B.C.E. - Alexander the Great 221 B.C.E. - Qin unified China 32 C.E. - Beginnings of Christianity 180 C.E. - end of Pax Romana 220 C.E. - end of Han Dynasty 333 - Roman capital moved to Constantinople 4th C - Beginning of Trans-Saharan Trade Routes 476 - Fall of Rome 527 - Justinian rule of Byzantine Empire 600-1450
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The Eastern Question Power vacuum caused by the decline of the Ottoman Empire created a problem in Eastern Europe Rival interests in the region were a permanent threat to European peace: Russians wanted: Expansion into Slavic lands Secure the straits for access to the Mediterranean Recover Constantinople for Christian Orthodoxy Prevent Austrian expansion along their south-western boundaries Austrians wanted: Expansion into Serbian lands to counter Slav nationalism Protect their trade
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Topkapi Palace complex is located European side of the Istanbul overlooking the Golden horn and the sea of Marmara with nice view.its a home of sultans for nearly 380 years and was used as the administrative center of the empire. The architectural style of the palace is ottoman architecture and Baroque architecture. The palace is very an extensive complex rather saying single component all going in and out the system of the design to be create how circulation can be work to move people in low
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In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries Greeks living in the Ottoman Empire were subject to oppression. However‚ the Greeks were unhappy with their conditions. Many others (besides the Greeks in the Ottoman Empire) including Greek nationalists and foreigners also pitied the Greeks in that region. It was those sympathetic feeling which fostered ideas of freedom and independence for the Greeks. Naturally‚ the Ottoman Turks were opposed to this idea. “Go search for Athens…” urged writer
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Turkish army officer‚ revolutionary statesman‚ and founder of the Republic of Turkey as well as its first President. Atatürk became known as an extremely capable military officer by being the only undefeated Ottoman commander during World War I.[1] Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire‚ he led the Turkish national movement in the Turkish War of Independence. Having established a provisional government in Ankara‚ he defeated the forces sent by the Allies. His successful military campaigns led
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assassination of Ferdinand‚ new countries involvements due to alliances‚ led to tension‚ and soon the outbreak of WWI. The most important of the long term effects leading to the outbreak of war was imperialism. Seemingly all at once‚ the great European Empires broke free of their decided boundaries‚ and expanded into colonies spanning the entire earth. Most colonized was Africa‚ due to the fact that it seemed every country had a piece of her. Distances meant nothing‚ as many countries spread over thousands
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From 1915 to 1918‚ the Turkish leaders of the Ottoman Empire carried out the killings of 1.5 million Armenians living there at the time. Over the course of those terrible 3 years‚ innocent people were murdered with death marches‚ execution‚ drowning‚ burning and other inhumane ways. Turkey has refused to take blame‚ and even denied the genocide’s existence and occurrence. There has been much dispute about whether or not countries outside of Armenia and Turkey should recognize these mass killings
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(cite) The Order of the Dragon was devoted to a singular task: the defeat of the Turkish‚ or Ottoman Empire. Situated between Christian Europe and the Muslim lands of the Ottoman Empire‚ Vlad II’s (and later Vlad III’s) home principality of Wallachia was frequently the scene of bloody battles as Ottoman forces pushed westward into Europe‚ and Christian forces repulsed the invaders. (cite) When Vlad II was called to a diplomatic meeting in 1442 with
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civilization among the earliest renowned civilizations of Egypt‚ Mesopotamia‚ and Greece. At different periods‚ Lebanon had come under the control of several foreign conquerors including Assyrians‚ Babylonians‚ Armenians‚ Persians‚ Greeks‚ Romans‚ Arabs‚ Ottomans and French‚ each leaving a noticeable influence on modern-day Lebanon. What the Greeks names as Phoenicia was a civilization that flourished along the coast for more than 2‚000 years (2700-450 BCE). The Phoenicians developed the first alphabet
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committed with the intent to destroy‚ in whole‚ or in part‚ a national‚ ethical‚ racial‚ or religious group” (Totten and Parsons 4). Indeed by many scholars‚ this is thought to be the case as to what happened to the Armenian population within the Ottoman Empire in 1915. Rouben Paul Adalian‚ author of the critical essay “The Armenian Genocide” published within the book Century of Genocide: Critical Essays and Eyewitness Accounts edited by Samuel Totten and William S. Parsons‚ claims this belief to be
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