the origins and rise of the Ottoman Empire; the conquest of Constantinople and its significance for world history; Ottoman state institutions in the “classic age;” gendering Ottoman History; the ...

One of the primary objectives is to drill down and learn about women's lives in the macro and the micro and their contributions in four eras: The Golden Age of Spain, the 1492 Expulsion of Jews from ...

During the Ottoman empire, a golden age for bathhouses, the ritual symbolised both bodily cleanliness and purity of soul. In Islam, a Muslim must wash before praying, in an act known as ablution.

The Seljuk victory in this battle opened up Anatolia to nomadic Turkic settlers, including the likes of Osman, founder of the Ottoman Empire ... and architectural golden age under Sultan Alaeddin ...