Spies of the Sultan
Ottoman History Podcast
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The Evolution of the Ottoman Empire in the Early Modern Period
In 16th century, the central governments are embryonic. From the patrimony, from the household, from the fans and crowd or whatever you say entourage of a guy with a sword is turning into a state. The person of the king or the Sultan are still the state. But there are certain professional brokeadilization. This is what is important. It's not, the embryonic state comes into playing. And espionage might be a little part of that,. more in certain states such as Venice, which was a republic;. Madrid tries certain institutions because they had toBecause they are a conglomerate of different legal entities, which we call the King’s Rundachis:
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