How many emperors has China had? How many children did Ramesses have? How many massive pyramids were built during the Old Kingdom? How many sultans ruled the Ottoman Empire? How many people lived in Egypt during the Middle Kingdom?
using choice of dress to separate the Sultans from the mystics and the street vendors. They were translated into English and French and I can imagine European travellers abroad referencing their books to ensure they didn't insult or bow to the wrong person. As a contrast...
However(the editor said testily), you can’t create structure without sentences, and a work that runs well over a thousand pages in manuscript containsa lotof sentences. Word won’t tell me how many sentences there were in my recent copyedit, but if I take the word count, 347,179 (wh...
had been dutiful allies of the Ottoman Turks. The Ottoman Turks actually fought John Hunyadi, the bitter enemy of the House of Drăculești, in order to place Vlad Dracul II upon the throne. So, not only were the Ottoman Turksnotthe enemies of Dracula’s family, they actually fought t...
the spice of grown is only a few places and the trade routes that crossed Europe and Asia were constantly in dispute. It was in fact a disruption in the spice supply to Europe from Asia brought about by the rise of Mamluk Sultans and the Ottoman Empire in the east that forced Europe to...