It was an Islamic empire--as the Byzantine had been a Christian empire--that was literally the private holding of the Osmanli family from whom the concept of the Ottoman state could not be separated. The ruling house and the empire's civil and military ruling class were considered Ottomans.ecovery of Ottoman prestige was slow, but Anatolia was gradually reabsorbed, and in the 1420s Ottoman power had revived sufficiently to undertake fresh campaigns in Greece. Aside from scattered outposts in Greece, all that remained of the Byzantine Empire was its capital, Constantinople.
A stupa (Sanskrit: m., stÅ«pa heap) is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing ÅarÄ«ra relics, typically the remains of Buddhist monks or nuns, used as a place of meditation.fter the parinirvana of the Buddha, his remains were cremated and the ashes divided and buried under eight mounds with two further mounds encasing the urn and the embers. The earliest archaeological evidence for the presence of Buddhist stupas dates to the late 4th century BCE in India.
1 Phra Pathom Chedi the highest pagoda or stupa in the world Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. 2  Shwedagon Pagoda, a 98 metres (322 ft) gilded pagoda and stupa located in Yangon, Burma. 3  It is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda for the Burmese with relics of the past four Buddhas enshrined within.4  Shwezigon Pagoda in Nyaung Oo, Burma.iered towers with multiple eaves: 1  Songyue Pagoda on Mount Song, Henan, China, built in 523. 2  Miruksa Temple Pagoda at Iksan, Korea, built in the early 7th century. 3  Bunhwangsa at Gyeongju, Korea, built in 634. 4  Xumi Pagoda at Zhengding, Hebei, China, built in 636. 5  Daqin Pagoda in China, built in 640. 6  Hwangnyongsa Wooden nine-story pagoda on 7  ... Pagod