Kelly Miller's history of the world war for human right; being an intensely human and brilliant account of the world war and why and for what purpose America and the allies are fighting and the important part taken by the Negro, including the horrors and wonders of modern warfare, the new and strange devices, . THE NATIONS AT WAR. 273 ties and creeds. About 38 per cent being Ottomans or Slavic and Rouman races come next in importance, thenthe Arabs, the remaining population consisting of Moors,Druses, Kurds, Tartars, Albanians, Circassians, Syrians, Ar-menians, and Greeks, besi
Kelly Miller's history of the world war for human right; being an intensely human and brilliant account of the world war and why and for what purpose America and the allies are fighting and the important part taken by the Negro, including the horrors and wonders of modern warfare, the new and strange devices, . THE NATIONS AT WAR. 273 ties and creeds. About 38 per cent being Ottomans or Slavic and Rouman races come next in importance, thenthe Arabs, the remaining population consisting of Moors,Druses, Kurds, Tartars, Albanians, Circassians, Syrians, Ar-menians, and Greeks, besides Jews and Gypsies. PHOENIX OF THE GREEK EMPIRE. The Ottoman Empire arose from the ruins of the oldGreek Empire, early in the fifteenth century, Constantinoplebeing made its capital in 1453, after its capture by MohammedII. At the accession of Mohammed IV, in 1648, the TurkishEmpire was at the zenith of its power. Internal corruptioncaused loss of power, and in 1774, a large slice of territory wasceded to Russia. In 1821 Greece became independent. TheCrimean War, in 1854-56, checked Russia for a while, but in1875 the people of Herzegovina rebelled. A year later theServians and Montenegrins revolted, and in 1877 Russia be-gan hostile operations in both parts of the Turkish this time Roumania declar
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