What Title Did Viziers Use in the Ghaznavid State?
What title did viziers use in the Ghaznavid state? The meaning of khwaja-i buzurg, the vizier’s powers over the diwans, the appointment ceremony and famous viziers such as al-Maymandi.
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What Did the Babylonians Think the World Looked Like?
What did the Babylonians compare the world to? The Babylonian Map of the World, the Enuma Elish creation epic, the layers of heaven and the legacy of Babylonian astronomy.
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What Did the Ancient Egyptians Believe the World Looked Like?
What did the ancient Egyptians believe the world looked like? The story of Geb and Nut, the sun’s night journey and a calendar built around the Nile: the Egyptian picture of the universe.
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The Last Military Campaign of Suleiman the Magnificent
Suleiman the Magnificent’s last military campaign was the Szigetvár campaign of 1566: its causes, the siege, the sultan’s death in his tent and how Sokullu Mehmed Pasha concealed it.
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How Did the Ottoman Empire Change under Selim I?
Under Selim I, the Ottoman Empire was transformed politically, militarily, and administratively through Chaldiran, the conquest of Egypt, and protection over the Hejaz.
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The Göktürk Epic
What does the Göktürk Epic tell? The legends of descent from a she-wolf and of the exodus from Ergenekon, Kıyan and Negüz, Börte Çene, and how the theme of revival echoes in the Orkhon Inscriptions.
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Seljuk Wars
What were the Seljuk wars? The dates, sides and results of the battles of Dandanaqan, Pasinler, Manzikert, Myriokephalon and Köse Dağ, from Khurasan to Anatolia.
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The Wars of the Great Seljuk Empire
The wars of the Great Seljuk Empire, from Dandanakan (1040) and Manzikert (1071) to Katvan (1141) and the Oghuz revolt (1153): dates, opponents and consequences.
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Where Were the First City Settlements in the World Founded?
Where were the first city settlements in the world founded? The Sumerian cities, Çatalhöyük, Jericho, Egypt, the Indus valley and Aleppo, explained with the TDV Encyclopedia of Islam.
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Who Killed Malik-Shah?
Who killed Malik-Shah? The suspicious death in Baghdad in 1092, the claim of poisoning by game meat, and the reports about Terken Khatun, the caliph and Nizam al-Mulk’s men.
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