The fall of the Soviet bloc dealt a deathblow ... In the nineteenth century, distinctively Islamic government began to falter. The Ottoman Empire, whose ruler claimed to lead the Islamic world ...

This decline culminated in the Ottoman Turks' conquering of Constantinople in 1453 AD. However, a new study suggests the empire actually ... "Why do empires fall? This is one of the questions ...

It held the grave of Suleyman Shah, the grandfather of Osman I, who founded the Ottoman Empire. In reality the connections have always been much deeper. For 400 years Syria was a province of the ...

John Julius Norwich tells the dramatic story of the fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire, followed by the rise of the Ottoman Turks in the 15th Century. Using monuments in Istanbul to ...

Coffee must have been the secret weapon of Greek, Slav, and Albanian mercenary units, the stratioti, that fought together throughout Europe in the 15th to 18th centuries. The stratioti must have ...

Many may be surprised by the picture that Tonge paints. After all, since the fall of the Ottoman Empire in 1922, Turkey has often been synonymous with the move towards secularisation, towards ...

In the summer of 1683, 300 000 Ottoman Empire's warriors begin the siege of Vienna. City's fall, will open way to conquer the Europe. The Sept 11 is the day of main battle between Polish cavalry ...