Turning the pages of a manuscript copy of the Maʿrifetnāme, an 18th-century encyclopedia ... Brightly colored world maps, diagrams, and charts join the rendering of the afterlife within the manuscript ...

This chart shows whether Ottoman School, 18th Century’s total sales are going up, and if so, whether this is because more artworks by the artist have been offered and sold or because more high-value ...

Credit: Public Domain Moreover, the images raise important questions about sexuality and identity in 17th- and 18th-century Ottoman circles. Were the characters depicted in these stories gay?

The five maps that follow illustrate how Crimea continued to change hands from the 18th century to the present. A vassal state of the Ottoman Empire since 1478, Crimea evolved into several ...