Ottoman empire
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Two extremes of the listening experience were available on Monday on Radio 4. The day began conventionally enough with Start…
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Under Eastern eyes
The Ottoman Empire inspired great travel books as well as great architects. Travellers like George Sandys, Richard Pococke or the Chevalier d’Arvieux in the 17th and 18th centuries were curious, erudite and less arrogant than their 19th-century successors.
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