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    western Anatolia (modern day Turkey) while the Mongols still held Persia. The Ottomans gradually expanded at the expense of other small Turkish states and the Byzantine Empire. Unlike many nations who are power hungry and do not care about the people and places that they concur, Osman did not want to devastate these areas. The Ottomans built their empire by absorbing the Muslims of Anatolia and by become the protector of the Orthodox Church and of the millions of Greek Christians in Anatolia and the

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    Russia retreat and giving up all claims and according to the collusion of 23 December 1917 between France and Britain, Kurdistan was assigned to Britain under “the English zone” of “influence”. France and Britain also added the ‘C’ zone (the Southern Anatolia) for Italy upon his learning of the agreement. Before the Sykes-Picot, the Constantinople Agreement had been concluded on 18 March 1915 among Russia, Britain, and France by which Constantinople (Istanbul) and the Turkish Straits were to be ceded

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    of Islamic societies, markedly Arabic caused a strong influence, while the Persian culture had a powerful donation through the heavily Persian zed regime of the Seljuq Turks, the Ottomans' antecedent. As the byzantine administration extruded from Anatolia by the early ottoman Turks, following them into trope after, it was foreseen as part of the struggle (Jihad) against the Christians: the first Ottoman rulers named themselves Gaze, or Warriors. The Ottomans moved further west and the absorption of

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    the earliest Ottoman state was recorded in the western part of Anatolia, Turkey. The key goal at the time of creation was to expand the empire as soon as possible.The Ottoman empire, also known as a Turkish Empire was founded by Osman the first. In the beginning stages of Ottoman expansion, leaders of the group were Turkish warriors for Islamic faith. After maintaining control of the small northwest area of Turkey, other areas of Anatolia were up for the taking. The crumble of the Seljuk Turk empire

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    land.The question must be asked: How do they achieve it during many centuries, what was their way? Particularly, unlike the modern assumption, Ottomans dominated mainly Christian people due to first expansions to Balkans but even in the Anatolia Muslim population barely were more than Christians.The Christians who were living in the Ottoman rule was dominantly Orthodox and despite the fact that the idea of unity

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    of peasants and soldiers with the use of his sermons. While Peter was in Constantinople, his army was defeated in Anatolia by Turkish soldiers. This will be known as the People’s Crusade. Peter the Hermit, a French Monk, pulled together a small, disorganized army of peasants and soldiers with the use of his sermons. While Peter was in Constantinople, his army was defeated in Anatolia by Turkish soldiers. This will be known as the

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    Over the centuries two Islamic Empires have been fighting for decades. “”The Ottoman ruler, Selim I sent a letter to the Persian rival, Isma’il I, leader of the Shi’ite Safavid state.””(Sunni versus Shi’ite) “” Isma’il had entered Ottoman territory and had demanded that Ottoman subjects accept Shi’ism.””(Sunni versus Shi’ite) In response to this Selim I threatens him with this letter. One thing lead to the other and eventually Isma’il I and Selim I had a war. “”Selim I won the battle of Chaldiran

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    Etruscan Origin

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    Etruscan people, who called themselves Rasenna, or Rasna were highly developed ancient civilization culture and people in period after 8 century BC and originated from Villanova Iron Age Culture. This Etruscan civilization is distinct from 768 BC to 264 BC in the North-West district of Apennine peninsula (Ancient Etruria or modern Tuscan district). There are no agreed and settled versions about ethnic origin of Etruscan people. The most popular are following two versions: 1. Etruscans are local people

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    expand Islam to its newly conquered people. “Their migration in to Anatolia was a momentous event” (Finkel 3). This too highlights something quite interesting. These Turkic tribes expanded from Central Asia to Anatolia and with that they already gained military prowess and power in the region. It also should go without saying they promoted the faith along the way as well thus expanding the Islamic faith from Central Asia into Anatolia. This geographic movement is interesting because it’s not only highlights

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    Roma omnia vincit: by 44BC. Rome had conquered a vast array of land from Gaul to Numidia to Syria. Although not completely joined up for instances most of Anatolia was not under the Roman State. The question was a topic of much debate in the 1980s, after Harris published his ‘War and Imperialism in Republican Rome’. Promoting a view that Roman expansion was aggressive, while the main thought was that Rome had gained provinces via defensive measures; Sherwin-White rebuffed Harris’ claims but partly

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