Balkan Wars, conflicts that deprived the Ottoman Empire of all its territory in Europe except part of Thrace and the city of Edirne (Adrianople). The Balkan allies Serbia, Greece, and Bulgaria quarreled over the partitioning of their conquests, leading t
Austria-Hungary, the Hapsburg empire from 1867 until its collapse in 1918. The result of a constitutional compromise (Ausgleich) between Emperor Franz Joseph and Hungary (then part of the empire), it consisted of diverse dynastic possessions and an inter
History map of the Balkan States 1899, illustrating Austria-Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Montenegro, Greece, Ottoman Empire.
John took over the island in 1337, until 1523, when the Ottoman Turks came. The Turks stayed for 400 years, until 1912, when Kos and the rest of the Dodecanese was transferred to the Italians, in whose hands it stayed until Greece was given sovereignty in 1947. Kos Town Much of the ...
奥斯曼帝国(英文:Ottoman Empire;1299年—1923年),是土耳其人建立的多民族帝国,因创立者为奥斯曼一世而得名。统治者为起源于中亚突厥游牧部落的奥斯曼人,穆罕默德二世时定都君士坦丁堡。奥斯曼人原为一个突厥小部族,初居中亚,迁至小亚细亚,后来日渐兴盛。奥斯曼帝国自1453年消灭拜占廷帝国后,定都君士坦丁堡,且以东罗马...
Topkapi Palace: This palace is one of the memorials that the Ottoman Empire left behind. It currently has 27 towers and 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) of walls surrounding it. The palace is now a museum and one of Istanbul’s main tourist sites. In order to reach it, take the M2 metro to...
The glories of the Nemanjić empire were short-lived. In 1354 theOttoman Empiregained a foothold on the European mainland, and, by the time of Dušan’s death in 1355, the Turkish march northward had already begun. Dušan’s successors were unable to sustain his achievements, and almost...
First, it strove (unsuccessfully) to unify all Albanian territories—at the time divided among the four vilayets, or provinces, of Kosovo, Shkodër, Monastir, and Janina—into one autonomous state within the framework of the Ottoman Empire. Second, it spearheaded a movement to develop Albanian...
Ottoman Empire Portugal Russia United Kingdom United States (Show more) Major Events: Gallipoli Campaign First Battle of the Somme Battle of Verdun Christmas Truce Battle of Passchendaele (Show more) Key People: Kemal Atatürk Winston Churchill ...
(desert) on the east; and theCaspian Seaon the west. The term was intended to indicate the areasinhabitedbyTurkic peoples, but the regions also contained peoples who were not Turkic, such as theTajiks, and excluded some who were, including the Turks of the formerOttoman Empireand theTurko...