“Venice and the Ottoman Empire,” at the North Carolina ... It’s also a story (covering art, diplomacy, fashion, food and commerce, from roughly 1400 to 1800) of East meets—and merges ...

But for nearly 500 years Istanbul was the capital of the Ottoman Empire, a colossus that stretched from the Arabian Gulf, across North Africa, and into Greece and Eastern Europe. And though the ...

In his new book, “God’s Shadow: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the ... challenges that go into stocking upscale food stores. Lorr explains that the book sprang from ...

Turkish coffee, which simmers coffee beans from water and drinks the supernatant, is called “ kahve ” in Turkish and has become the direct word for “coffee” today. It is pointed out that ...

The Last Days of the Ottoman empire: 1918-1922 ... the past—even when so well-chronicled—provides food for thought but no clear answers. History has yet to end.

Known as one of history’s most powerful empires, the Ottoman Empire grew from a Turkish stronghold in Anatolia into a vast state that at its peak reached as far north as Vienna, Austria ...

It has been confirmed that the Ottoman Empire did give aid to the Irish people ... the people of Turkey who donated three ships full of food to the town during the Famine. The remarks were ...