16th Century Turks:
The present day of Turkey in the 1500's was under control of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire's capital city was Constantinople, which is now the Turkish city of Istanbul. The Ottoman Empire covered Northern Africa and most of the Mediterranean. The Ottoman Empire was allied with Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria in WWI. In 1299, The Ottomans took power, and in 1923 the Empire was abolished.
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The Ottoman Empire at the height of it's power
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Comments:
- I never related Venice to Music, interesting.
- I thought that a Moor was from a specific country, good to know.
- Wow, it's so wierd that there were so many superstitions in that time. It's probably because they couldn't truly understand what the disease was about.
- How were the crops ruined by Americans?
I wonder if the Turkish people are as defensive as their government and always ready for attack?
ReplyDeleteUm.. didn't know that good to know. Like the pictures!
ReplyDeleteI was learning about this in World History. Interesting to have more details and know this is relevant to what we are reading in class right now.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting on the map that you attached how the highlighted areas moved so much over time.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was interesting how the capital name kept changing.
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