The year 1683 marked one of the most dramatic and pivotal moments in European history – the Siege of Vienna. On July 14th, ...

The Ottoman Empire, one of history’s most powerful and longest-lasting empires, experienced a remarkable journey that spanned ...

The first U.S. mosque built from the ground up in the United States is a white clapboard building on a grassy corner plot, as ...

Englishman Thomas Stukeley offered his services to various Catholic powers. He died while fighting for the Portuguese at the ...

Rebellions by enslaved soldiers occurred in several places—especially Egypt, Iraq and India—but not so in the Ottoman Empire.

While Erdoğan may imagine himself a sultan restoring the Ottoman Empire, Turks will likely remember him as the man whose arrogance led to Turkey’s collapse.

The storied past of a bejeweled dagger long thought to have belonged Henry VIII is the subject of a new exhibition in London.

Abstract This article examines the urban development of Edirne during the transitional period from Byzantine to Ottoman rule, interpreting it as the result of social and economic changes in the young ...

The fall of the Byzantine Empire shaped the identity of modern Greece, revealing resilience, pragmatism, and lessons for ...

NICHOLAS DANFORTH, Multi-Purpose Empire: Ottoman History in Republican Turkey, Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 50, No. 4 (July 2014), pp. 655-678 ...

The Mellow Collapsible Storage Ottoman is on sale at Walmart for 47% off, and shoppers say it's "cute" and "surprisingly roomy." ...