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- noun a Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe; created by the Ottoman Turks in the 13th century and lasted until the end of World War I; although initially small it expanded until it superseded the Byzantine Empire
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After this, historical Palestine was under Islamic rule until the 20th century when the Turkish Empire was dismantled.
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It was stitched together out of three provinces of the Turkish Empire which fell into the hands of the Allies as a result of World War One.
Gavin Scott: Through the Conference Hall and Out of Iraq 2008
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II. does not destroy the Turkish Empire, which she has severely shaken in the very year in which I am now writing my reverie (the year 1771), the Turk will come and invade this good prince, notwithstanding his being cherished and beloved by all his nine electors; that his daughter puts herself at the head of the troops with two young electors deeply enamored of her; that she beats the
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He warns that a military conflict could break out at any time between a European nation and the Turkish Empire, “which will lead to, is already leading to, a religious awakening of all Islam.”
The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006
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He warns that a military conflict could break out at any time between a European nation and the Turkish Empire, “which will lead to, is already leading to, a religious awakening of all Islam.”
The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006
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World War - and the present troubles in the Middle East - from the partition instead of reform of the Turkish Empire - the same for the Austro-Hungarian - and for the Russian absolute monarchy - and the Declaration by Arthur Balfour in 1917.
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He warns that a military conflict could break out at any time between a European nation and the Turkish Empire, “which will lead to, is already leading to, a religious awakening of all Islam.”
The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006
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Though he is one of the greatest of the great in the Turkish Empire
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The dream of an appropriately sited Jewish national home in the middle of the defunct Turkish Empire had to wait upon the retreat of imperial Britain: a process that took three more decades and a second world war.
Israel: The Alternative Judt, Tony 2003
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Roman Empire, feudalism, the Turkish Empire or the wars against the Turkish
DERVINE HOTEL SPEECH 1972
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