Mehmed IV wanted to live up to, and even surpass, the legacy of his forefather Mehmed II, who had secured the Ottomans' ...

Anicia Juliana was a Byzantine woman who managed to conquer the fields of architecture, using her massive wealth and noble lineage.

Amazing stories behind the world's most historic cities where every pavement, every monument, every corner has an incredible ...

CRESCENT CITY COIN CLUB SHOW: The Crescent City Coin Club will host a show March 29, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., at The Landing Ballroom, ...

In ‘Our Story’, a fascinating Turkish drama starring Burak Deniz and Hazal Kaya, we follow Filiz as she takes care of her ...

The Balkan Peninsula, a crucial crossroads between Europe and Asia, has a storied history marked by the rise of the Byzantine Empire and the iron grip of the Ottoman Empire. From the conquest of the ...

Operation Potok became one of the most high-profile events in tactical terms, marking the rapid breakthrough of the assault ...

The ancient Greeks and Romans built astonishing monuments like the Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and while only the Great Pyramid of Giza remains intact, we’ve ...

When he died ten years later, his sect had become a religion and had conquered most of the Arabian ... seizing on a palace coup in Constantinople as a pretext, launches a full-scale invasion ...