Germany and became a member of the Order of the Dragon. The Order of the Dragon was select group of European royalty appointed by the head of the Holy Roman Empire‚ Emperor Sigismund ‚who held power over most of Western Europe. These men were dedicated to crusading against the Ottoman Turks‚ whose faith was Islam‚ and defending the Empire in the name of the Cross . Sigismund made Vlad II head of the Order and promised that he would be Prince of Wallacia when he returned . After this day‚ Vlad II
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middle east: 1. Emergence of large-scale‚ long lived empires in the middle east and beyond * The Ottoman Empire was the largest and long-lived ‘ (a) Provides us with a direct link from the early modern period through the modern period (b) Governed territory in the middle east‚ north Africa‚ and South eastern Europe * The second empire to emerge at the beginning of the 16th century was the Safavid Empire (a) Lasted from 1501-1722
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Indeed‚ the term “Middle East” is an artificial term that has no meaning except in the context of its geographical relationship to Europe. The most active period of Western interference in the Middle East was after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and up to the present time‚ although there were substantial economic‚ military‚ and political interests in the Middle East for the previous two hundred years. Prior to World War I the primary interest of the Western powers in the Middle East
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1) What did the bridge represent? The bridge signified the very important connection between Sarajevo with the rest of the Turkish Empire. The Bridge got rid of the boat transportation system across the river. This boat transportation system was very unreliable. The serfs were forced to build the bridge under terrible working conditions. 2) Who built the bridge and why did he do it? Mehmed built the bridge at the age of 60 when he became a Grand Vizier. He built the bridge to make a tribute to
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openly doubt whether there is a collective Arab mission’. This has led to a triumph of the nation states‚ whereby Arabs prefer to be seen as Syrian‚ Egyptian etc. This was the result of the retreat of Arab nationalism. In the 19th century‚ the Ottoman Empire tried to combat the growth of European power and influence. Borrowing money to develop their infrastructure‚ and modernise industry. However‚ modernisation saw them fall even more under the control of the Europeans‚ who provided
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The Gallipoli campaign was located at the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire‚ Turkey. The Gallipoli campaign was the battle of Gallipoli in World War 1. The battle lasted from the 25th of April 1915 to the 9th of January 1916. The countries involved in the Gallipoli campaign include mostly Australia‚ New Zealand against Germany and Turkey. Britain and France were also involved but they mostly battled at sea. The Gallipoli campaign was necessary in order for the English to have passage for
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CAUSES( also from janki mam’s book) Arms race The naval race between Britain and Germany was intensified by the 1906 launch of HMS Dreadnought. She was revolutionary‚ rendering all previous battleships obsolete. Britain had also maintained a large naval lead in other areas particularly over Germany and Italy. Paul Kennedy pointed out both nations believed Alfred Thayer Mahan’s thesis of command of the sea as vital to great nation status; experience with guerre de course would prove Mahan false
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of war. An example we can look at is Kaiser Wilhelm II’s foreign policy. ‘A place in the sun’ is the name that is given to his desire to have a large overseas empire by taking over other countries‚ and this drove the Kaiser to get involved in many other imperialistic incidents that led to war. One incident is the naval race. To get this empire Wilhelm wanted‚ Germany required a large and powerful navy which led him to rapidly develop his navy. In fear that Germany was doing this to prepare for war
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World War I (WWI) was a global war concentrated in Europe that began in July 1914 and lasted until November 1918. It was also termed the World War or the Great War until WWII. The war was comprised of all the world ’s great powers‚ which were collected in two contrary alliances: the Allies (based on the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom‚ France and Russia) and the Central Powers (originally the Triple Alliance of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy). The appearance of the Triple Entente as a counterbalance
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species of tulip native to Holland. Tulips belong to Central and Western Asia and it were the nomadic tribes who brought the tulips to Turkey. Turkey was called the Ottoman Empire in olden days. It were the Turks who popularized this beautiful spring flower‚ tulip. In the late 16th century‚ a European ambassador visited the Turkish Ottoman Empire. He was fascinated by the tulip garden of the Sultan. As a token of friendship‚ the Sultan presented the ambassador with bulbs and seeds. Ambassador presented
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