To the Kings most excellent majesty [[electronic resource] ] : the most humble address of the Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, and Common-Council of the city of Gloucester

• Record Nr.: UNISA996396210103316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Printed by A Godbid and J. Playford, 1681
• Descrizione fisica: 1 sheet ([1] p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): Charles, King of England, <1630-1685.>
• Soggetti: Broadsides; Great Britain History 1660-1714 Pamphlets
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.; Broadside.
• Sommario/riassunto: eebo-0113

Does It Really Take Seven Years to Digest Swallowed Gum? : And Other Questions You've Always Wanted to Ask

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910155738303321
• Autore: Donovan Sandy
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lerner
• ISBN: 1-5124-4658-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (40 p.)
• Disciplina: 502
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Musica
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Sommario/riassunto: It takes seven years to digest swallowed gum. A penny placed on a train track can cause a train to derail. The average human consumes four spiders per year while sleeping. You may have heard some of these common sayings or beliefs before. But are they really true? Can they be proven using science? Let's investigate seventeen statements about familiar items and everyday events and find out which ones are right, which ones are wrong, and which ones still stump scientists! Find out whether eggs will really stand on their ends during the vernal equinox! Discover whether it's true that you can swing 360 degrees on a swing set! See if you can tell the difference between fact and fiction with Is That a Fact?

The Islamic world in decline : from the Treaty of Karlowitz to the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire / / Martin Sicker

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910974336403321
• Autore: Sicker Martin
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2001; London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024
• ISBN: 9798400673030; 9780313000959; 0313000956
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 249 pages)
• Disciplina: 956.1/015
• Soggetti: Turkey History 1683-1829; Turkey History 1829-1878; Turkey History 1878-1909
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-240) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- THE ISLAMIC WORLD IN DECLINE -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Ottoman-Safavid Conflict -- NOTES -- 2 Turbulence on Persia's Frontiers -- NOTES -- 3 Balance of Power in Southeastern Europe -- NOTES -- 4 Beginnings of the Russo-Ottoman Conflict -- NOTES -- 5 Decline and Fall of the Safavid State -- NOTES -- 6 The Era of Nadir Shah -- NOTES -- 7 Russian Imperialism under Catherine the Great -- NOTES -- 8 Developments in the Ottoman and Persian Spheres -- NOTES -- 9 Napoleon Enters the Middle East -- NOTES -- 10 The Era of Muhammad Ali -- NOTES -- 11 Anglo-Russian Rivalry in the Persian Sphere -- NOTES -- 12 The War of 1828 and Its Aftermath -- NOTES -- 13 The Crimean War -- NOTES -- 14 Britain and Russia in Persia and Central Asia -- RUSSIAN EXPANSION IN CENTRAL ASIA -- NOTES -- 15 The Russo-Turkish War of 1877 -- NOTE -- 16 Confrontations in the Persian Gulf and Egypt -- THE BRITISH OCCUPATION OF EGYPT -- NOTES -- 17 Resurgence of Anglo-Russian Rivalry -- NOTES -- 18 The Close of the Ottoman Era -- GERMANY ENTERS THE MIDDLE EAST -- THE ANGLO-RUSSIAN CONVENTION -- THE FIRST BALKAN WAR -- NOTES -- 19 The Last Ottoman War -- THE ; DARDANELLES CAMPAIGN -- MESOPOTAMIA AND THE PERSIAN GULF -- THE CAMPAIGN IN PALESTINE-ENDGAME -- NOTES -- 20 The Dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire -- THE FINAL SETTLEMENT AT LAUSANNE -- NOTES -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
• Sommario/riassunto: The long era of Muslim political ascendancy that began in a small region of western Arabia reached its pinnacle some nine hundred years later with the siege of Vienna by Suleiman the Magnificent in 1529. Suleiman then concluded that, given the increasingly volatile geopolitical environment, Muslim expansionism in Eurasia had run its course. The subsequent decline of Ottoman power also meant, in effect, the decline of political Islam, which had been intimately bound to it for centuries. As Sicker shows, the problems faced by the Ottoman Empire were also faced by the Persian Empire and both underwent an extended period of political decline and territorial retrenchment in the face of imperialist pressures from Europe and Asia. The greatest challenge to the world of political Islam came from Western Europe, especially France and Great Britain. The Ottoman and Persian empires assumed a global importance in the 19th century, not because of anything in them of intrinsic economic value, but because of their geopolitical and geostrategic significance. They became, in effect, a buffer zone separating Europe from the wealth of the East, at a time when European imperialism was on the march in Asia. It thus came about that the rivalries of the Great Powers, most especially those of Great Britain, France, and Russia, were played out in the Middle East. This book will serve as a vital resource for students, scholars, and other researchers involved with Middle East History, Political Islam, and Modern European History.