WHY WAS SULEIMAN I MAGNIFICENT? HOW DID CONSTANTINOPLE BECOME ISTANBUL? WHERE DID JANISSARIES COME FROM? FIND OUT MOREAround AD 1300, a new Muslim empire ruled by Turkish leaders called sultans was…
COCHRAN, Thomas Cunningham, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Sandy Creek Township, near Sheakleyville, Mercer County, Pa., November 30, 1877; moved with his parents to Mercer, Pa.,…
Like people, countries sometimes change their names or disappear altogether. Have you ever wondered what happened to these places? Abyssinia, an ancient African…
(Encyclopedia) Phanar or FanarFanarboth: fnr, fnär [key, Greek quarter of Constantinople (now stanbul). Under the Ottoman Empire, Phanar was the residence of the privileged Greek families,…
