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The inspiration for the Netflix series premiering March 3rd "Hugely enjoyable, magnificently researched, and deeply absorbing." —Jason Goodwin, New York Times Book Review At midnight, December 31, 1925, citizens of the newly proclaimed Turkish Republic celebrated the New Year. For the first time ever, they had agreed to use a nationally unified calendar and clock. Yet in Istanbul—an ancient crossroads and Turkey's largest city—people were looking toward an uncertain future. Never purely Turkish, Istanbul was home to generations of Greeks, Armenians, and Jews, as well as Muslims. It welcomed White Russian nobles ousted by the Russian Revolution, Bolshevik assassins on the trail of the e...
The Shakespearean World takes a global view of Shakespeare and his works, especially their afterlives. Constantly changing, the Shakespeare central to this volume has acquired an array of meanings over the past four centuries. "Shakespeare" signifies the historical person, as well as the plays and verse attributed to him. It also signifies the attitudes towards both author and works determined by their receptions. Throughout the book, specialists aim to situate Shakespeare’s world and what the world is because of him. In adopting a global perspective, the volume arranges thirty-six chapters in five parts: Shakespeare on stage internationally since the late seventeenth century; Shakespeare ...
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The Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film is a unique, one volume work which illuminates a fascinating variety of cinema which is little known outside its own area. The Encyclopedia is divided into nine chapters, each written by a leading scholar in the field. Each chapter covers the history and major issues of film within that area, as well as providing bibliographies of the leading films, directors and actors. The areas covered are: Central Asia, Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, The Magreb, Palestine, Turkey. This Encyclopedia will be an invaluable reference tool for students and scholars of Film and Media Studies. It contains more than 60 black and white photographs of featured films, includes references and suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter, and the volume concludes with comprehensive name, film and general indexes.
Bu eser, yirminci yüzyıl boyunca sayısız araÅŸtırmaya konu edilen Ä°slam'ın modernleÅŸmesi hakkında yalnız ülkemizde deÄŸil, dünyada da yapılmış ilk derinlikli ve kapsamlı incelemedir. "HıristiyanlaÅŸtırmadan medenileÅŸtirmeye Batılı kozmopolis projesinin sekülerleÅŸmesinin modern Batı/DoÄŸu karşılaÅŸmasını nasıl etkilediÄŸi" merkezî sorusundan hareket eden eser, Ä°slam'da modernleÅŸmeyi ilk kez Batı ile DoÄŸu'nun bu büyük karşılaÅŸması bakımından ele alıyor. Eser, Batı ile Ä°slam düşüncesi, geleneksel ile modern Ä°slam düşüncesi ve Osmanlı ile diÄŸer Ä°slam düşüncesi arasında mukayeseli ve kuÅŸatıcı, sosyolojik bir perspektiften sosyal ile dÃ...
The Middle Ages as they were lived in Eastern Europe are covered in this encyclopedia. An introduction provides an overview of the Byzantine Empire--what life was like, what people wore and ate, how families were formed and cared for, and how the so-called Eastern Empire differed from its Western counterpart. Over 1500 entries, from Adrianopolis to Zoe, embrace a broad range of topics. Illustrations include genealogies of Byzantine rulers, maps of the Empire at various stages, and photographs of Byzantine buildings and art. A pronunciation guide, a note about transliteration and spelling, genealogical charts, a chronology of emperors, a glossary, a suggested readings list, and an index are also included.
First Turkish Muslim states.
The Knights Templars began as a nine-man team of well-intentioned noblemen who became warrior monks which were dedicated to escorting pilgrims to the Holy land. For sustenance, they relied on alms from the pilgrims. Follow the monk warriors as they became a multitude, the Order of the Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon, and went on the Crusades to battle the Moslems for the hold sites of Jerusalem and the Holy Land. See them battle the Moslems as they lay siege to strongholds and cities of Acra, Antioch, Haifa, and others on their march to Jerusalem. Relive the scenes of bloody battles and massacres, some, which they won, and others they lost. You will meet the heroic figures o...
Coğrafya, hukuk ve tıp gibi konularda yazılmış kitapları okurken az da olsa, temel bilgiye ihtiyaç vardır. O bilgiler, başucu kitabı / kaynak kitap olarak nitelendirilebilecek olan sözlüklerden elde edilebilir. Özellikle tarih konulu yazı, dergi ve kitaplarda geçen kelimeler, bölge ve şahıs isimleri ile ilgili olarak dip notları yok ise, okuyucunun işi zordur. Elinizde bulunan Tarih Sözlüğü, bu zorluğu aşmak için hazırlanmıştır. Bu konuda, bu güne kadar hazırlanmış kaynak eserlerin sayısı yok denecek kadar azdır. Olanları da; ya çok geniş kapsamlıdır veya çok sınırlı bilgiler içermektedir. Bâzıları da kavram ve terimleri açıklamaktan çok,...