The salty pleasures of the doorstopper history of an ocean
A Human History of the Mediterranean; By Davide Abulafia; Oxford University Press; 816 pp., $68.00 If you read the better class of these ocean books, you might soon find yourself convinced of the ...
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Janissary (Elite Ottoman Infantry Unit)
At the turn from the Middle Ages to Modern History, the Army of the Ottoman Empire was the most dominant military force in ...
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Turkey scrubs up its baths to keep hammam tradition alive
For centuries, hammams were central to Ottoman society, and while they mostly fell out of use with the advent of running ...
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One Of Europe's Largest Castles Is A Romanian Wonder With History That Spans Centuries
A castle in Romania survived multiple empires, and its history involves a dark past, a legend of forbidden love and an heir ...