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It began in 1402, when chaos reigned in the Ottoman Empire following the defeat of Sultan Bayezid I by the Turco-Mongol warlord Timur (Tamerlane). Although Mehmed Çelebi was confirmed as sultan by ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

It took place in the eastern Anatolia, near lake Van in 1514, ended by the Ottoman’s victory over the Safavid Empire of Persia. As a result, the Ottomans gained immediate control over eastern ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

It was signed on January 26, 1699 in Sremski Karlovci, a town in modern-day Serbia, concluding the Austro-Ottoman War of 1683-1697 in which the Ottoman side had finally been defeated at the Battle of ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

It was an accord signed between Safavid Persia and the Ottoman Empire on May 17, 1639.The treaty divided territories in the Middle East by granting Yerevan in the southern Caucasus to Iran and all of ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

It is an artificial tree decorated with flowers, fruits, models of ship, ribbons and animal or even human figures, all fashioned from beeswax or colored paper used during circumcision and wedding ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

Kurgan stelae are anthropomorphic stone stelae, images cut from stone, installed atop, within or around kurgans (i.e. tumuli), in kurgan cemeteries, or in a double line extending from a kurgan.

Domain: History; Category: World history

A tower built on the island of Pharos that became one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. This ancient wonder is also identified as "Lighthouse of Alexandria." Built around 280 BC in ...

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