The caste system was the dominant social system of "India," since it had pre-modern roots in this area and helped build a system of social stratification, which was altered by British rule.
Sultan Mehmed II transferred the capital of the Ottoman Empire from Edirne to Constantinople. Constantinople was transformed into an Islamic city: the Hagia Sophia became a mosque, and the city eventually became known as Istanbul.
<span>It forced the Germans to fight the war on two fronts.
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