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The Ottomans
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 5:06 pm
by Ruby Slippers
Last night saw the last of three programmes on BBC2 on the rise and fall of the Ottoman empire. It was narrated by Rageh Omah and was extremely enlightening on the spread of Islam. If any of you have access to BBC2 and/or iPlayer, it is a programme well worth watching. I must admit to a feeling of shame at the end of it, at the British involvement in the fall of the Ottomans.
Re: The Ottomans
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 6:57 pm
by Dusak
Don't be, the British were involved in many falls from grace. Just another day in history.
Re: The Ottomans
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 7:47 pm
by Stevepj
"I must admit to a feeling of shame at the end of it, at the British involvement in the fall of the Ottomans"
Why? What has it to do with you? Do you also feel guilt about the fall of Hohenzollern Germany?

Re: The Ottomans
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 11:00 am
by Ruby Slippers
Probably because I've grown up with the 'sins of the fathers' syndrome.

Re: The Ottomans
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 2:12 pm
by Chocolate Eclair
There still about, I have one at the bottom of my sleeping sack
