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(Encyclopedia) stanbul stanbul stnb&oomacr;l, stanb&oomacr;l , city and…

DK History: Ottoman Empire

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…

Hasköy

(Encyclopedia) Hasköy: see stanbul.

Galata

(Encyclopedia) Galata: see stanbul.

Seraglio

(Encyclopedia) Seraglio: see stanbul, Turkey.

Stambul

(Encyclopedia) Stambul: see stanbul, Turkey.

Former Place Names

Like people, countries sometimes change their names or disappear altogether. Have you ever wondered what happened to these places? Abyssinia, an ancient African…

Phanar

(Encyclopedia) Phanar or FanarFanarboth: fnr, fnär [key], Greek quarter of Constantinople (now stanbul). Under the Ottman Empire, Phanar was the residence of the privileged Greek families,…