Note Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index. The war with the Ottoman Empire was a war not only between great empires but about empire and the furthering of European imperial ...

It is true that for decades before 1917, the Ottoman Empire had been in decline, and its power in Palestine was weak. Palestine was threatened by invasion from Napoleon in 1799, and from Russia during ...

A train station in Damascus was once the pride of the Syrian capital, an essential link between Europe and the Arabian Peninsula during the Ottoman Empire and then a national transit hub ...

Steel engraving with hand coloured borderline, published in 1857. Defeat of the Ottoman Empire in Vienna in 1683: Shelling of the city by the Ottomans The Great Turkish War between the Holy League of ...

The Ottoman Empire arose from the ashes of Byzantine Europe ... Following defeat in World War I, it was formally abolished in 1922. More than a dozen independent countries emerged from territories ...

This is a review of an exceptional photo book, Images of Palestine. The book is a collection of photographs that spans nearly ...

Nevertheless, he is still known today for his military failures. The Ottoman Empire under Abdul Hamid lost a good deal of battles and territory to Russia, particularly the losses enshrined in the ...

A train station in Damascus was once the pride of the Syrian capital, an essential link between Europe and the Arabian Peninsula during the Ottoman Empire and then a national transit hub. But more ...

NARA--Artifacts recovered from an Ottoman Empire frigate that sank off Japan’s Kii Peninsula in the Meiji Era (1868-1912) were at risk of disintegrating until researchers hit upon the idea of ...

By asserting itself as the successor to the Ottoman Empire, Turkey is reshaping the regional order established after World War I. This shift weakens the legacy of Arab nationalism and offers a ...

On the brink of WWI, an American nurse on a medical mission within the exotic Ottoman Empire has her loyalty tested after she falls in love with a ...lieutenant from the war.