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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 24 2013, 11:34 AM (386 Views) | |
| CJ | Jun 24 2013, 11:34 AM Post #1 |
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Here's a topic for general discussion of the Ottoman Empire. Since what I know about it would probably fit on the back of a postcard, I'll open with the beginning of the empire's entry in the Civilopedia:
If you do know a lot about the Ottoman Empire, would you agree with the Civilopedia's assessment of it? If you don't know so much about it (like myself), would you like to learn more? |
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| Denis Pick | Jun 24 2013, 03:50 PM Post #2 |
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I know a little about it from my WW1 studies, but by then, It wasn't even a compassion to its former glory. |
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| CJ | Jun 24 2013, 04:12 PM Post #3 |
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Yeah, it had long since passed its peak by then. I didn't learn anything about it at school at all. All of what little I know of it comes from either Civ 5 or random browsing of Wikipedia. |
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| Denis Pick | Jun 24 2013, 04:22 PM Post #4 |
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Dear Leader
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I learned they were evil Muslim conquerors... but you know my school >.< |
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| Mechanized | Jun 24 2013, 06:37 PM Post #5 |
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It didn't mention its business with the Barbary corsairs? |
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| CJ | Jun 24 2013, 06:41 PM Post #6 |
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Well, my school didn't mention the Barbary Corsairs at all. At primary school, all the world history I did was from before the Ottoman Empire existed, and at secondary school, I don't think I did any world history at all until the 20th Century, by which time they'd lost a lot of their influence. |
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| Candyguitar | Jun 24 2013, 09:50 PM Post #7 |
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When I did A-level history, we did cover the Greek War of Independence in the context of the UK's international relations in the 1800s. However, we didn't go into very much depth. |
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| CJ | Jun 24 2013, 09:57 PM Post #8 |
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Maybe that's my problem, then. I didn't do A-level History .This was partly because I was told it was really boring (I don't know how accurate that assessment is), but mostly because I wanted to focus on maths and science-related subjects that were more relevant to the degree I wanted to do. |
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| Mechanized | Jun 24 2013, 11:53 PM Post #9 |
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When I was doing my History back in High-school we didn't study anything really of the Ottomans, we studied the history of Medicine and Surgery through Pre-History all the way to the 18th Century. You learn some pretty interesting stuff Edited by Mechanized, Jun 24 2013, 11:54 PM.
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| CJ | Jun 25 2013, 12:00 AM Post #10 |
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Wow, this is just turning into "What did you study in history?" .To get us back on-topic, here's a gif showing the Ottoman Empire's territorial evolution: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Rise_and_Fall_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_1300-1923.gif |
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