Inside the Topkapi Palace Museum, by Peter D. Findlay
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Inside the Topkapi Palace Museum, by Peter D. Findlay
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Inside the Topkapi Palace Museum
Medium
electronic resource
Oclc number
898206360
Responsibility statement
by Peter D. Findlay
Runtime
43
Series statement
Museum Secrets, series 2, episode 6
Summary
Once the palace of the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire, Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul is a vast treasury of Islamic culture, science and weaponry, visited by over 2 million people every year. In this episode, at the foot of Istanbul's ancient walls we discover how a Muslim invader bested Christian defenders by using their superstitions against them. In the city's famed spice market we seek a poison to assassinate a Sultan, then in the Sultan's private residence we investigate how a Harem slave rose to rule an empire. On the sea at the museum's doorstep we discover how a Turkish admiral got his hands on the lost map of Christopher Columbus, then unearth a forgotten civilization that fought the mighty Pharaohs of Egypt to a draw. And finally, we test Islamic scientific theories to create a working model of the world's first robot
Target audience
adult
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Inside the Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul
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