Gunpowder Empires

Updated November 20, 2024
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Osman's dream : the story of the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1923
Finkel, Caroline,
Paper Book
According to the Ottoman chronicles, the first sultan, Osman, had a dream in which a tree emerged fully formed from his navel "and its shade compassed the world"-symbolizing the vast empire he and his descendants were destined to forge. His vision was soon realized: At its height, the Ottoman...
An age of empires, 1200-1750
Bingham, Marjorie Wall,
Paper Book
The Age of Empires includes some of the most colorful, ruthless, and restless figures in all of history. During this time Genghis Khan told his troops to "fall upon the enemy like falcons," Ivan the Terrible expelled Mongol invaders from Russia but murdered his own son in a fit of rage, and Babur...
The Mughal throne : the saga of India's great emperors
Eraly, Abraham,
Paper Book
A history of the great Mughal rulers of India, one of the world's greatest empires. In December 1525 Babur, the great grandson of the Mongol conqueror Tamberlaine, crossed the Indus river into the Punjab with a modest army and some cannon. At the battle of Panipat five months...

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