One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth ...

In 1071, a small nomadic dynasty—named the Seljuks after their founder—fought a battle against Byzantine forces under the ...

The emergence of Timur, often known as Tamerlane, represented the last major nomadic empire that stretched across much of ...

In his book “The Fall of the Roman Empire, A New History of Rome and ... as flawlessly and in such a complete state. The Ottoman dynasty, particularly Mehmed II, played a pivotal role in its ...

Prince Borivoj of the Premyslid Dynasty (probably) started building Prague Castle in AD 880, and over the centuries various ...

A sarcophagus decorated with garlands, believed to be 2,000 years old, has been unearthed at the ancient city of Stratonikeia ...

Hong Kong post office blocks parcel shipments to the United States, while Xi Jinping is in Malaysia on the second leg of his trip to Southeast Asia; Rahul Gandhi and his mother ...

Rather than fostering genuine reconciliation, Turkey’s ‘terror-free’ process marginalizes and humiliates the Kurdish population, placing the entire burden of “peace” on them while offering no ...

Many countries in the Middle East are modern inventions, carved out of the Ottoman Empire by victorious European ... "concession" from the decadent Qajar dynasty that gave it the exclusive right ...