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Inside the Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul
Title
Inside the Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul [electronic resource (video)] / BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2014], c2012
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (45 min.) : sd., col.
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Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on June 06, 2014.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
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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. 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.
Variant and related titles
Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul
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Originally produced: BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2012.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
Museum Secrets (Series 2)
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
9 & up.
Contents
Introduction: Topkapi Palace Museum (0:42)
Constantinople (2:01)
Cannons (2:15)
Noise as Weapon (0:52)
Turks Conquer Constantinople (2:17)
Mehmet II in Constantinople (1:06)
Mysterious Map (1:32)
Columbus Challenges Turkish Monopoly (1:39)
Piri Reis Map (2:55)
Sultans' Danger of Assassination (1:49)
Sultan's Meals and Poisoning (1:33)
Search for Poison (2:46)
Book of Ingenious Devices (1:22)
Al-Jazari's Inventions (2:42)
First Robot Design (3:24)
Harem Location (1:59)
Harem System (1:13)
Sultans & Fratricide (1:31)
Life and Death of Ibrahim I (2:22)
Search for Turkish Identity (1:36)
Hittite Civilization (2:05)
Egyptian-Hittite Peace (1:36)
Credits: Inside the Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul: Museum Secrets (Series 2) (0:51)
Videorecording number
57616s Infobase
57617 Infobase
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Educational films.
Internet videos.
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BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
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