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The Sinop bilingual inscription is a rare 1215 Arabic-Greek building inscription commissioned by the Anatolian Seljuk Sultan Kaykaus I. Located on the citadel gate of Sinop, Turkey, it commemorates the fortification and construction work done after the Seljuk conquest of the city
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The Sinop bilingual inscription is a rare 1215 Arabic-Greek building inscription commissioned by the Anatolian Seljuk Sultan Kaykaus I. Located on the citadel gate of Sinop, Turkey, it commemorates the fortification and construction work done after the Seljuk conquest of the city

u/Bitter-Tadpole6047 — 9 days ago
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Larissa, Greece: The Hassan Bey mosque and the bridge. The mosque and bridge were built at the beginning of the 16th century and the mosque was demolished in 1908 the bridge destroyed in WW II.

u/Bitter-Tadpole6047 — 12 days ago
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How the last Byzantine emperor made its mistake to threaten Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II

The Fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans

 Michael Angold 

u/Bitter-Tadpole6047 — 3 months ago
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Byzantines beheaded 260 Turkish prisoners on the walls of Constantinople

During the 1453 Siege of Constantinople, Emperor Constantine XI ordered the execution of 260 Ottoman prisoners on the city walls in full view of Sultan Mehmed II's army. This act was documented by contemporary eyewitnesses

u/Bitter-Tadpole6047 — 3 months ago