Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutesYou already know what an important part of Turkish culture honey is when you come across the legendary Turkish breakfast which is dominated by honey. […]
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Education and Literacy in Ancient Times
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutesLiteracy goes back thousands of years, but the popularity of literacy in the world is a very new phase. Thanks to the Industrial Revolution, the […]
Read moreTop Tourist Scams in Turkey
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutesWherever we are in the world, low incomes and low living standards have taught people little survival tactics and tourists are always the easiest prey! […]
Read moreChronology of the Ottoman Empire; Important Events, Wars, Treaties and Sultans
Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutesFrom the beginning of the Ottoman Empire to the empire; I have compiled chronologically the important wars, treaties, political and cultural events of the 600-year […]
Read moreStrabo and Geographica
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutesEarly Life of Strabo Strabo was a Greek historian, geographer and philosopher of the Roman period in Anatolia. Strabo, born in Amasya (called Amaseia during […]
Read moreThe World’s Oldest Known Love Poem
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutesThere is a cuneiform tablet numbered 2461 in the Old Oriental Works section of the Istanbul Archaeological Museum. This tablet is the world’s oldest known […]
Read moreHow people used to shave?
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutesHow people used to shave? The shaver, which is in everyone’s home today, is actually a very new invention. If we go back a little, […]
Read moreGladiators of the Ancient World
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutesRoots of Gladiators The early gladiators were criminals sentenced to death for their crimes. These people were taken to the arena or the theater for […]
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Estimated Reading Time: 16 minutesHistory Olive Oil The oldest historically discovered data on olive trees dates back to about 40 thousand BC. In the archaeological studies carried out on […]
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