Mehmed II, known as "The Conqueror," transformed the Ottoman Empire into a dominant Muslim superpower through military genius, administrative reform, and the monumental conquest of Constantinople.

Following the Fall of Constantinople and the conquest of Trebizond and Morea, the Ottoman Empire faced fierce resistance in ...

The current crisis between Israel and Iran, as well as the involvement of the United States of America, has proved once more that in international power ...

Each claims exclusive truth, dismissing predecessors as flawed: Christianity supersedes Judaism via Jesus as the Messiah; ...

Even Niall Ferguson, an apologist for the West’s colonial depredations, is forced to concede that the ‘decline of the West is ...

Ottoman imperium eventually ended in ignominy, with defeat in World War I and the Armenian Genocide – an appalling ...

Forgotten items and silent documents come to life, telling stories of shared histories and showing how the land’s memory ...

Max Sligh on “Venice and the Ottoman Empire,” at the Frist Art Museum, Nashville.

One of the many things mentioned after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks was that Al Qaeda had chosen that date as a ...

The Ottoman Siege of Malta. Clashing civilizations, rival great powers, cutting-edge technology: we have been here before, as Marcus Bull, a professor at the University of North C ...

The defining moment came with the 1453 conquest of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed II, marking not only the end of the Byzantine Empire but also signalling the close of the European Middle Ages.

The early history of Venice, from the foundation to the conquest of Constantinople, A.D. 1204 by Hodgson, F. C. (Francis Cotterell) Publication date 1901 Topics Venice (Italy) -- History Publisher ...