News tagged with ottoman empire
'Assassin' legend plays out in epic new video game
Stealthy death-dealer Ezio Auditore takes his noble crusade to the 16th Century Ottoman Empire with Tuesday's release of Ubisoft's latest Assassin's Creed video game.
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Did ancient coffee houses lay the groundwork for modern consumerism?
If you think that your favorite coffee shop is a great gathering place for discussion, you should have been around in the Ottoman Empire starting in the 1550s. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research examines the ro ...
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Aug 24, 2010 |
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Ubisoft assassin videogame heads for US colonies
Ubisoft on Monday revealed that the next installment to its blockbuster "Assassin's Creed" videogame franchise will be set in the US colonies during the American Revolution.
Mar 06, 2012 |
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New study shows how integrated institutions can lead diverse populations to cooperate in rebuilding countries
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the most pressing issues in world affairs today is state building: how countries can construct stable, inclusive governments in which a variety of religious and ethnic groups coexist.
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Dec 09, 2011 |
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UC historian argues Armenian genocide gave rise to modern humanitarian movement
One of the 20th century’s most infamous atrocities, the Armenian genocide, also should be remembered for fostering the modern humanitarian movement, a UC Davis historian argues in a paper recently published in the American Hi ...
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Feb 18, 2011 |
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Report: YouTube faces new ban in Turkey
(AP) -- Turkey's telecommunications authority will again block access to YouTube unless the video-sharing site removes a sex video of a former opposition party leader, the state-run news agency reported Tuesday.
Nov 02, 2010 |
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Cyprus: crews stumble on 2-millennia-old coffins
(AP) -- Work crews in Cyprus have accidentally unearthed four rare clay coffins estimated to be some 2,000 years old, the country's Antiquities Department director said Wednesday.
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May 19, 2010 |
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First archaeological survey of Paphlagonia published
(PhysOrg.com) -- Project Paphlagonia is the first fully published multi-period archaeological and historical survey of the little explored region of north-central Turkey. Today this region includes the provinces ...
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Dec 16, 2009 |
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Fifth century BC objects returned to Greece
Greece on Tuesday reclaimed scores of ancient objects dating to the fifth century BC that Belgian, British and German authorities returned, the culture ministry said.
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May 19, 2009 |
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The tulip entered Europe through al-Andalus five centuries before believed
A new study carried out at the University of Cordoba and the School of Arabic Studies provides information on the arrival of the flower to Europe. Contrary to what was thought up until now, the first bulbs ...
Apr 16, 2009 |
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Probing Question: What is lost when a language dies?
Oy vey! Although English dictionaries list "Oh dear!" as a rough equivalent of this Yiddish expression, Yiddishists will tell you how short that falls in conveying the phrase's varied, flexible and nuanced meanings, ranging ...
Feb 15, 2008 |
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