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Fri Jun 26

• TurkoTek Journal: Price on Prayer Rugs: Why would prayer design rugs have been made, if not for religious uses? One reason is that Europeans considered orientalia to be exotic during the 18th and 19th centuries, and anything reflecting oriental cultures was highly fashionable. Anyone who has visited a few palaces in western Europe has seen "Turkish& quot; gardens on the grounds. The centerpiece of this area is usually a gazebo with a minaret. Music of the period also shows the popularity of oriental themes. Beethoven' ;s 9th Symphony, the great choral/orchest ral work, has a Turkish march, as does Haydn's "Military " symphony. Mozart wrote a series of Turkish marches. Then there is the orientalist school of painters. Prayer rugs were undoubtedly considered fashionable items in such an environment, and large numbers were produced in Iran, Turkey, the Caucasus and even by tribal peoples in Central Asia to meet the demand.

Sat Jan 17

• YouTube - Ancient Warriors - Janissaries (1of3).

Thu Dec 11

• OttomanEmpire

Sat Dec 31

• Modern History Sourcebook: Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq: The Turkish Letters,1555-1 562

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