Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Ottoman Empire in the 16th century was known for their military power throughout southern Europe and the Middle East. The Harquebus , "also spelled arquebus, also called hackbut , first gun fired from the shoulder, a smoothbore matchlock with a stock resembling that of a rifle". [ 34 ]
Made of six to twelve sails covered in reed matting or cloth material, these windmills were used to grind grains and draw up water, and used in the gristmilling and sugarcane industries. [74] Horizontal axle windmills of the type generally used today, however, were developed in Northwestern Europe in the 1180s. [70] [71] 11th-12th centuries
The Ottoman Empire [l] (/ ˈ ɒ t ə m ə n / ⓘ), also called the Turkish Empire, [24] [25] was an imperial realm [m] that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.
A Christian and a Muslim playing chess, illustration from the Book of Games of Alfonso X (c. 1285). [1]During the High Middle Ages, the Islamic world was an important contributor to the global cultural scene, innovating and supplying information and ideas to Europe, via Al-Andalus, Sicily and the Crusader kingdoms in the Levant.
Pages in category "Science and technology in the Ottoman Empire" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
العربية; Aragonés; Asturianu; Azərbaycanca; تۆرکجه; বাংলা; 閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú; Башҡортса; Беларуская ...
Pages in category "Turkish inventions" The following 58 pages are in this category, out of 58 total. ... Ottoman military band; Ottoman miniature; P. Papakha; Pardus ...
Pages in category "European inventions" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. M. Metronome; T.