The riches of the Byzantine Empire were coveted by many from the Vikings in the northwest to the Arabs in the southeast.
A number of Byzantine coins discovered in China and Japan indicate that there was a trade link between the Byzantine Empire ...
The figure is described as an "earthly figure, a mature man with a thin face and individualized features, who exudes ...
Five hundred years before the anti-aristocratic purges of the French Revolution, Demetrius Cydones described in 1345, an orgy ...
Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine empire is damaged by an earthquake. 872: John VIII elected as Catholic Pope. 1476: ...
When we think about the early conquests of Islam, we imagine vast numbers of warriors riding camels across deserts, waving ...
Kilitbahir Castle, one of the fortresses built by Fatih Sultan Mehmed on both sides of the Dardanelles after the conquest of ...
Kilitbahir Castle, one of the fortresses built by Fatih Sultan Mehmed after the conquest of Istanbul on both sides of the ...
As per latest reports of the World Population Review, France is the most visited country in the world in 2024. Let's check ...
Crime-solving techniques applied to a medieval illuminated manuscript in Paris may have solved a centuries-old puzzle — the true identity of a leading Byzantine painter who injected humanity into the ...
A Jewel of Ottoman Architecture, Zeyrek Cinili Hamam was commissioned by Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa and designed by ...
Santa Claus is based on the real historical figure of St Nicholas, a Byzantine bishop born in present-day Turkey. Because of ...