The executioners of the Ottoman Empire were never noted for their mercy ... which was the appointed place of execution. (On the map below, which you can view in higher resolution by double ...

Known as one of history’s most powerful empires, the Ottoman Empire grew from a Turkish stronghold in Anatolia into a vast state that at its peak reached as far north as Vienna, Austria ...

By Ian Morris GOD’S SHADOW Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern ... Reis showing Selim the first vaguely realistic map of the world in 1517. The story runs that Selim ...