The porcelain bowl fragment likely arrived in Jerusalem due to developing trade between the Ottoman Empire and the imperial Ming Dynasty of China, the researchers said. During the early 16th ...

Sultans in the Ottoman Empire loved to eat. In the 15th century, Topkapi Palace boasted a kitchen staff of 100 people, a number that grew to 500 during the 16th-century reign of Suleiman the ...

Ottoman Lands: 100 Years Ago And Now The Ottoman Empire arose from the ashes of Byzantine Europe in the mid-15th century and grew to dominate not just the Anatolian peninsula, but large swaths of ...

This strategy posed a significant threat to the interests of the Ottoman Empire and led to naval skirmishes over vital supplies – especially pepper. Eventually both empires tried to establish ...