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Bursa (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈbuɾsa]; Greek: Προῦσα Prusa, Latin: Prusa), historically known as Prusa or Hüdavendigar (خداوندگار, meaning "God's Gift" in Ottoman Turkish, a name of Persian origin) is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and ...
The export of silk in 1902 valued at £620,000. [2] 1904 - Bursa Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art established. 1910 – Population: 75,000. [2] 1920 – City taken by Greek forces. [3] 1923 – City becomes part of the newly formed Republic of Turkey. 1929 - Bursa Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art relocated.
As a result of France's claim and activities in the colony of Canada, the name Canada was found on international maps showing the existence of this colony within the St. Lawrence river region. [50] Samuel de Champlain with two Innu guides in 1603. In 1604, a North American fur trade monopoly was granted to Pierre Du Gua, Sieur de Mons. [51]
Siege of Bursa. The siege of Bursa occurred from 1317 until the capture on 6 April 1326, [1] when the Ottomans deployed a bold plan to seize Prusa (modern-day Bursa, Turkey). The Ottomans had not captured a city before; the lack of expertise and adequate siege equipment at this stage of the war meant that the city fell only after six or nine years.
Map highlighting Yoho National Park in red. The Burgess Shale is a fossil -bearing deposit exposed in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. [2][3] It is famous for the exceptional preservation of the soft parts of its fossils. At 508 million years old (middle Cambrian), [4] it is one of the earliest fossil beds containing soft-part ...
Gulf of the Ganges (Bay of Bengal) left, Southeast Asian peninsula in the center, South China Sea right, with "Sinae" (China). The Ptolemy world map is a map of the world known to Greco-Roman societies in the 2nd century. It is based on the description contained in Ptolemy 's book Geography, written c. 150. Based on an inscription in several of ...
Bursa Archaeological Museum ( Turkish: Bursa Arkeoloji Müzesi ), shortly Bursa Museum, is a national museum in Bursa, Turkey, exhibiting archaeological artifacts found in and around the province. [1] [2] Hellenistic figurine. Athena, bronze, 2nd century AD. Apollo, bronze, 2nd century AD. Reliquary Byzantine, 330-1453. Reconstructed burial site.
Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, printed by Matteo Ricci, Zhong Wentao and Li Zhizao, upon request of Wanli Emperor in Beijing, 1602. The 1602 Ricci map is a very large, 5 ft (1.52 m) high and 12 ft (3.66 m) wide, woodcut using a pseudocylindrical map projection showing China at the center of the known world. [ 2 ] It is the first map in Chinese to show ...