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Here is a great and comprehensive site about the Ottoman Empire. It's a really great site. Beautifully made and full of detail. The Ottoman empire is, I think, one of the forgotten empires. It was really powerful but nobody really remembers it that much.

Anyway... Enjoy :)
 
Yeah, one of the most powerful empires of the last couple of hundred years and you barely ever hear about them.

Their hold over Turkey and Eastern Europe was smashed during the First World War, and the Empire sunk without a trace.

Phil
 
Yeah, and like you say it was not really that long ago that they vanished ( although they were in recline and a shadow of the former empire by that point )

Interesting that they are not mentioned because, again as you say, they were very powerful and one of the greatest empires the world has ever seen. Not only great in terms of military power but in science and art also.

I'm thinking maybe it is a Western bias that we don't hear much of them :)
 
Glasgow i think ;)

Well, he's not been on his own forum much either the last couple of days <shrugs>

Phil
 
No you prat, it started up a couple of months ago!!

When i say second highest poster, i have less than 30 posts! :D

Phil
 
Who are you calling prat, you git.

So it's a new place, then?

I could never take an interest into history - heck, most of the times I can't even remember what I did last night!

Cheers, Martin
 
Which era of history are you interested in, Phil? Or are you interested in history in general?

Both of my parents majored in history in college, but both have their definite areas of interest, which seems to be true of most people who are interested in history.
 
Any of it :) I love history - all periods, all places, just find it fascinating. It was one of my minor subjects at University.

Phil
 
That's cool. I didn't have time for a minor in college, but I would've loved to have had more time for history classes. Now I don't have the time to really get into it by reading and such. Fortunately, I live in a very historically-rich area, at least, for US history...its fun to visit all of the places where major historical events occurred.
 
I don't know if anyone in Britain's heard of the course, but I'm just finishing my studies for AEA (Advanced Extension Award) History. Apparently it's similar to the old S-levels, and it's really thoroughly interesting. Dealing with the theory of history and historiography rather than any actual periods in history (though obviously there is a need for continual reference to all periods of history to understand its theory), we've covered views from the Rankean "wie es eigentlich gewesen" depiction all the way to the Annales school. Intellectually challenging and thought-provoking, it's made me constantly review all historical study that I come into contact with in a far more advanced manner, and I'm very grateful that I got a chance to study it. For anyone interested in theory, I would recommend E.H. Carr's "What Is History?" as a superb primer, despite its age (I particularly agree with his "mountain" theory of interpretation and objectivity/subjectivity, as well as the discussion of the nature of historical fact), but there are of course many more books on the topic.
 
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