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Harem: Historical adventure and intrigue in Ottoman Turkey based on real events (Epic Adventure)
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Sean McMeekin is on such an insane hot streak, there’s no author in the world that’s even close right now. https://t.co/m0r9Ion4qA
Ottoman borders in the 15th century looked a lot like Byzantium during its ascent: for similar geographic reasons they faced an ongoing state of war along their eastern frontier. But once they turned their full attention to the problem, they solved it much more dramatically.🧵 https://t.co/SG8NZIocfW
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, all six volumes, with active table of contents, improved 2/1/2011
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"That wisdom springs from our . and that it blossomed first among us before being transmitted to others . . . is said truly."
Emperor Ioannis III Doukas Vatatzes (b. Didymoteicho - 1193 AD) was not the first basileus that had to deal with Western claims on the Roman imperial idea, but a letter from Pope Gregory IX in... See more
