"all praise is due to allah alone, lord of all the worlds. the gracious, the merciful. master of the day of judgment." milion hippodrome basilica cistern hagia sophia

it further strained relations between the north and the south and convinced

frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. but frederick disliked rifle shooting and horseback riding. unlike his father, he was interested in french literature. he enjoyed poetry and music and, like some others of the enlightenment, he scoffed at religion. his father thought him soft, frivolous and unmindful of his duties. and when frederick refused to put his signature on a right to succession, for a few moments his father strangled him.