The Ottoman Centuries: The Rise and Fall of the Turkish Empire by Lord Kinross. An entertaining account of one of the greatest imperial powers in history. Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire by Jason Goodwin. For 600 years, the Ottoman Empire swelled and declined.
Garland, North Carolina. Garland is a town in Sampson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 625 at the 2010 census.
Ferguson (in Wilkes County, NC) Populated Place Profile. Ferguson (GNIS FID: 1020232) is a populated place located within the Township of Elk, a minor civil division (MCD) of Wilkes County. The elevation of Ferguson is 1,086 feet. Ferguson appears on the Boomer U.S. Geological Survey Map. Wilkes County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours).