"The Turkic people's 'Journey of a Thousand Years'
London's Royal Academy of Arts celebrates the rise of the Ottoman Empire
By Lana Asfour
Special to The Daily Star
Wednesday, March 02, 2005
LONDON: At the height of its military power in the 16th century, Sulyman I, named 'the Magnificent' by Europeans, extended the Ottoman Empire into Hungary, Albania, Transylvania and Moldavia, captured Rhodes and Tunis, and even reached the gates of Vienna. At the same time, art and architecture flourished and developed a distinctive Ottoman style that was different from contemporary Islamic empires in Iran and India."
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