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Old 02-08-2007, 23:26 PM   #43 (permalink)
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I have read that book ... i am reading another one but this one goes mosty into administration ... it goes from Osman to Suleiman
What is the title and author. I might be interested in reading it.


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though i dont remember any of the two having any opinion regarding the Palestine, espacially "Ottoman Centuries" that spans across several centuries ...
It was in reference to this statement I made...
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Originally Posted by Kansas Bear
The Arab response was solely(IMHO) motivated by their ultra nationalism. After centuries of having the Ottoman Empire's boot on their neck they reacted with violence....


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would it be as fullfiling as edward gibbons's history of the decline and fall of the roman empire ....
No. Although, surprisingly it mentions the massacre of Armenians. Which he attributes as the actions of a dying empire.
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