The Byzantine Empire, also called Byzantium, was the eastern half of the Roman Empire that continued on after the western half of the empire collapsed.

The Ottoman Empire, which at the time this map was drawn included much of the Balkans and the Middle East, used a version of the Turkish language written in a slightly modified Arabic script.

Alexander died without having ever lost a battle, and while his empire soon splintered, for centuries, the official language of administration in the area remained Greek.

Archaeologists Map Ruins of Karakorum, Capital of the Mongol Empire, for the First Time Genghis Khan founded the city, located in what is now central Mongolia, around 1220 C.E.

The Empire of Trebizond was the last Byzantine Greek state to fall under Ottoman rule, 24 emperors and 257 years after its founding. The Ottomans would take another 18 years to definitively eliminate ...

Avli on the Park — the fourth restaurant in Greek-American chef Louie Alexakis and sports anchor Lou Canellis’ fast-growing modern Greek dining empire — opened this week. The new flagship ...

The Greek Orthodox Church - owner of many important properties in Jerusalem, such as the Knesset and the President's Residence - continues its staunch support of the Palestinian Authority.

Eighteen hundred years later, Greek workers digging a new subway line in the city of Thessaloniki have stumbled across a 230-foot long stretch of a Roman marble road.

The Greek Revolution arose at the very moment of the nation-state’s initial articulation and validated it over any other political form, especially empire.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS think they may have discovered the origin of the Ancient Greek Empire and it’s a tiny pyramid shaped island off the coast of Keros in Greece. Excavations on the islet of Daskal… ...