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… Montagu, who observed the practice of variolation in the Ottoman Empire. The origins of vaccination lie in the practice of … Europe by Lady Montagu, who observed the practice in the Ottoman Empire. Her son was inoculated in 1718 and her …

… Arnold Toynbee, “are Caesar, who founded the Roman Empire, and Liu Bang, who founded the Han Empire.” Historians today are less hasty to ascribe such … in leadership and culture that persisted across revolutions and upheavals – and on the fact that the founder …

… historical moments as 1389 (the Battle of Kosovo, when Ottoman forces defeated the Medieval Serbian state) or 1690 … territory of Kosovo had been a part of various states and empires throughout its history. As a vital part of the … Kosovo in 1389, Kosovo was ruled until 1912 as part of the Ottoman Empire. During these centuries, Kosovo became …

… for Iraqis and other peoples of the former Ottoman Empire, but he was unable to promote that vision … in the construction of Iraq from the remnants of the Ottoman Empire and also stimulated the rise of the United …

… away from the pressing problems of his rapidly changing empire and the swirling political currents that would … calm and prosperity, when many roads lay before the Russian Empire. Limited political reforms had quelled some of the …

… Mass Migration Over the past two centuries, a series of revolutions—demographic, agricultural, liberal, and … million Europeans, Chinese, Japanese, and Arabic-speaking Ottomans migrated to the Americas. This flow was a … of the countryside. Immigrants from the Ottoman Empire in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 1902; Senegalese …

… in 1918 in concert with the demise of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the end of World War I. This new and relatively … degree of political autonomy under the Austrian half of the empire than had the Slovaks under the Hungarian half. Yet, … structures (i.e., the Holy Roman and Austro-Hungarian empires) that help explain the disruptive tendency of early …

… socialist economy scrapped in favor of capitalism, and its empire broken apart into fifteen independent countries. How did such a powerful empire come to such a rapid demise? Making the Soviet … without fear of Soviet interference. In 1989 , a series of revolutions in Eastern Europe swept Communist governments …

… for control of this region after the Romanov and Habsburg empires collapsed. Audiences and artists knew uncertainty, … place. For example, Kurbas grew up in the Habsburg empire, not the Russian, and different theatrical traditions … of Polish culture, multiple empires (Habsburg, Romanov , Ottoman ), and ultimately, the experiences of wars and …

… of the Rhine and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire laid the groundwork for the eventual unification of … This was most notable in their dealings with Iran and the Ottoman Empire , where Britain expended nearly as much effort to …

… what is today’s city center. The city remained small during Ottoman rule, with a population of under 10,000 at the turn … today. After a 40-year rule, Hoxha died in 1985. With the revolutions of 1989 and the collapse of the Soviet Union in … flanked by the National Museum, government buildings, an Ottoman era mosque and clock tower, and a giant monument of …

… of democratization facilitating the foundation of a genuine Empire for Liberty. The Revolution of 1800 recast American …

… he had reached his destination: the capital of a vast new empire created by a military genius, mass murderer and … the sheer charisma and military skill of a single man. His empire was not a state in the traditional sense, but a … treaty with Timur in order to fight their common enemy, the Ottoman sultans of Turkey – ultimately failed. Nonetheless, …

… war, reducing the appeal of violent, communist-inspired revolutions.  Outside Lima, Velasco launched the large …

… America became a symbol out of time. Cover of Secret Empire #1 (May 2017). Artwork by Mark Brooks (left) . Teaser poster for Secret Empire . Published by Marvel Comics (right). The dramatic … allegory of Nixonian malfeasance, the multi-issue Secret Empire arc culminated at the White House, where writers …

… politics of Republican Rome and ushered in the Roman Empire. But for all this violence and intrigue, we recall … the most famous writers in history, a wealthy and expanding empire , and a time of peace for the people within it. And, … veterans. For eleven years Octavian shared rule over the empire with Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (whom he sent into exile …