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Mehmed II, The Conqueror
Mehmed II (1432-1481), nicknamed the conqueror, was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire a short time in 1444 to 1446, and from 1451 to 1481. Mehmed II brought an end to the... |
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The Fall of Constantinople
When, at the age of twenty-one, Mehmed II (1451-1481) sat on the throne of the Ottoman Sultans his first thoughts turned to Constantinople. The capital was all that was... |
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Khair ad Din (Barbarossa)
Khair ad Din was an Ottoman-Turkish admiral and privateer who served in the Ottoman Empire and in the Barbary Coast. He was born on the island of Lesbos, in today's Greec... |
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Suleiman I, The Magnificent
Suleiman I, also called Süleyman I and nicknamed the Lawmaker or the Magnificent, was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1566 and successor to Selim I. He was... |
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Siege of Vienna
The Siege of Vienna of 1529, as distinct from the Battle of Vienna in 1683, represented the farthest Westward advance into Central Europe of the Ottoman Empire, and of al... |
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Battle of Lepanto
The Battle of Lepanto took place on 7 October 1571 when a galley fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of the Republic of Venice, the Papacy (under Pope Pius V), Spain (i... |
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Battle of Vienna
The Battle of Vienna (as distinct from the Siege of Vienna in 1529) took place on September 11 and September 12 1683 after Vienna had been besieged by Turks for two month... |
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Muhammad Ali, Founder Modern Egypt
Muhammad Ali Pasha is regarded as the "founder of modern Egypt". The dynasty he established would rule Egypt and Sudan until the mid-20th Century. He was Viceroy of Egypt... |
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Greek War of Independence
The Greek War of Independence, also commonly known as the Greek Revolution, was a successful war waged by the Greeks to win independence for Greece from the Ottoman Empir... |
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Talat Pasha, Last Ottoman Statesman
Mehmed Talat Pasha was one of leaders of the Young Turks, an Ottoman statesman, grand vizier (1917) , and leading member of the Sublime Porte from 1913 until 1918. He is... |
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