On 6 April 1453, the Siege of Constantinople began under the command of Mehmed II, an Ottoman sultan who was just 21 years old but determined to see through his father’s dream of capturing the ...
Prussia was undoubtedly one of the most important actors in Europe’s Early- and Late Modern periods. It has a fascinating ...
The Nika Revolt of 532 AD in Constantinople was one of the bloodiest sports riots in history and nearly led to the toppling ...
After I heard Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew say on "60 Minutes" that the primary site of the Orthodox Church has been in Constantinople for 17 centuries, I was inspired to do some research to ...
L'Esprit Créateur, Vol. 53, No. 4, The Turk of Early Modern France (Winter 2013), pp. 124-138 (15 pages) Thanks to the Mellon Foundation and to the National Humanities Center for support in ...
It’s evening in a glorious palace on the Bosporus Strait. The stars are out, and the night is lit not just by them, but also by a sea of torches and campfires that surround the city of Constantinople, ...
The Avars rose as a dominant ethnic group in Europe, where their conflicts with the Byzantine Empire reshaped the landscape ...
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