Bosphorus Essays

New York is a very popular city that everyone is familiar with when they heard of the names of Statue of Liberty, Time Square, and the Broadway, but this place to me is not only just an ordinary city; it is a home that I most feel safe and protected. It has a very special meaning in my life since it was the first home that my family and I resided when we came to America ten years ago. New York was filled with such wonderful memories such as when we tried to adapt to a new life, culture, new people

rule. In 1952, three years after NATOs creation, Turkey joined NATO. Turkey has and continues to control the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits, waterways that

architecture, allowing the empire to learn and grow. In the beginning, the English struggled largely. The people were more focused on finding gold and other goods that they didn’t plant enough crops, so many starved. The Ottomans gained control of the Bosphorus Strait and the North African Coast, giving them many trade routes, while the English Colonies traded with their original home across the Atlantic. The Ottoman Empire and the English Colonies differ in their

Crumbling political institutions and the erosion of decade old systems can be interpreted as a result of the Fall of Constantinople however the Byzantine systems prior to the invasion were already in a state of disarray. The entirety of the country feared Ottoman expansion and yet despite all their attempts the country had been abandoned by the West all pushing excuses of ongoing wars or events that prohibited them from sending aide or joining in wars directly. The political situation was worsened

underbelly’ of the Central Powers and ultimately win the war. The Ottomans attack Russian ports in the Black Sea attempting to regain territory from the Russians in Caucasus, and Russia asked Britain and France for help. The Ottomans have control of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits (valuable sea routes) which are the gateway between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, if the Allies were to take control of the straits they could ship munitions to Russia and Russian ships that were currently trapped

The wars that were between Persia and Greece are called the Persian wars.There were a total of two invasions, one in 490 and 480 B.C.E. The city-states of Greece came together to fight the persians. Their victory kept the entire civilization alive. If Greece had been defeated, the world may not have inherited things like, classical architecture and sculpture, theatre, Olympic Games, and even democracy. Persia, under the rule of Darius, which had already begun expanding into mainland Europe by

Throughout history, countless countries and regions of the world interact with each other, for better or for worse. Specifically, during the 14th-16th centuries, the Ottoman Empire rose to great power. Originating in Anatolia or present day Turkey, the empire eventually stretched from southeastern Europe to the Middle East (Sansal). To achieve this expansion, the Ottoman Turks faced multiple wars, and were affected and effected other empires and regions. The Ottoman Turks’ overall relations with

Although flood myths are found around the world, each one differs slightly. In the story of Noah’s Ark, God is angry that the Sons of God and human women bore children, creating the race of giants. Following this, God instructs Noah to build the Ark to save his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, along with animals, to repopulate the earth. Then, God sends torrential rain for forty days and forty nights, covering the highest peaks with more than twenty feet of water. The water, eventually, recedes

Crossing the Bosphorus, they first captured Nicaea, the Turkish capital, and then set out for Syria. Arriving at Antioch, the crusaders left standing captured it, and then pushed on towards Jerusalem even after some delay. Reduced now to around half of their original numbers

joined the pilgrimage to Jerusalem to liberate the Holy Land. Peter the Hermit left, to the Holy Land, with 30,000 peasants, they terrorized Jews in Germany, and Christians in Bulgaria, when they got to Constantinople they were transported to Bosphorus and the Seljuk Turks defeated them, and the living were sold into slavery. After a five-week siege Jerusalem fell on July 15, 1099, the first crusade was a success, and because most crusaders were younger sons of nobles (Oldest gets the kingdom)

valuable potential territory. The interests of the two nations, however, did not match up and “had become a great source of tension in Europe” (Sulva). Russia especially wanted to seize control of the Balkans in order to gain total access to the Bosphorus Strait and increase their trading circuit. Austria-Hungary wanted to become a dominant force in the Balkans in order to gain control of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Having two major powers attempt to carve out their own spheres in the Balkans only increased

noted of the leaders of the different divisions of the army. The expedition numbered about 700,000 men, of whom fully 100,000 were mailed knights. The crusaders traversed Europe by different routes and reassembled at Constantinople. Crossing the Bosphorus, they first captured Nicaea, the Turkish capital, in Bithynia, and then set out across Asia Minor for Syria. Arriving in Antioch, the survivors captured that place, and then, after some delays, pushed on towards Jerusalem. The Siege of Antioch had

Women in the Ottoman Empire seemed to live much better lives than people would have imagined for that time period. Women had rights regarding inheritance, marriage, divorce, and the like which they had not had prior to the introduction of Islam. Although men had authority over women, the women, however, were allowed to go to court to challenge actions that deviated from religious prescriptions and women often won these cases. The situation in the Ottoman Empire was no different. There were the

A Short Walk In The Hindu Kush is a autobiography written by an Englishman called Eric Newby. This book was first published in 1958 in Great Britain. However, the book that I read was published by Penguin Books in 1968. The total pages of this book is 249, which divide this book into twenty parts. This book is written based on the author’s own experience that is mainly about mountaineering. It is an adventure in the Hindu Kush. In the twenty sections, the author wrote why he decided to have this

The Eastern Roman empire was the continuation of the Roman empire, in the eastern part of the Mediterranean ("The Byzantine," n.d., para. 1). The changes that happened in this half of the empire were so important that historians renamed it the Byzantine empire. The term “byzantine” implies that this city was now the center of power and culture in the eastern Roman empire (Hunt et. Al., 2013, p. 240). Moreover, the capital city was formerly known as Constantinople, but was later referred to as Byzantium

THE CAUSES OF COLD WAR The first cause of cold war is the fighting or competing between communism and capitalism ideology. After World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union were the world’s strongest countries or nations. They were called superpowers. They had different ideas about economics and government administration. They fought a war of ideas called the Cold War. The Soviet Union was a communist country. In communism, the government controls production and resources. It decides where

does have are located in enclosed seas that can easily be cut off by an enemy of Russia’s. The Baltic Sea, for example can be cut off by Denmark, and the Black Sea could be easily by cut off from the Mediterranean at the Ottoman owned strait of Bosphorus. The quest of a warm water port is what motivated aggressive Russian expansion toward Port Arthur, and the resulting escalation between Russian and Japan over this territory ultimately resulted in the Russo-Japanese