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Janissaries - the Ottoman Empire's Infallible Army

A short history of the infallible army of Ottoman Empire, the Janissaries. This is some of the background I wish I'd had when I read The Janissary Tree our May book club title.

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Word of the Week

Hello
Arabic	marhaba	مرحبا
French	bon-jour	bonjour
Hebrew	sha-loam	שָׁלוֹם
Pashto	tsanga yee	څنگه يىه
Persian	sa-laam	سلام

(Pashto Note: I found several different words used for "Hello" in Pashto, with no two appearing more than once. This one is from the excellent Your first 100 words in Pashto.)

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