Battle for the Mediterranean: Master of The Mediterranean
More than Just the Tudors
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51m
Julian Davidson travels across the mediterranean and chronicles the ascendance of Suleiman the Magnificent, the greatest Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. In the second episode of this series he explores the great sieges and naval battles that occurred in the mediterranean in 16th Century, as two civilisations clashed to control the commercial centre of the world.
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