This is the twelvth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia—to spend time in ...

Some national borders are determined by natural phenomena like seas, mountains and rivers. Most, however, are created by ...

Catherine the Great: individual empress, mother of the Russian Renaissance, and the longest-ruling female monarch of Russia.

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Kings and Generals has begun remaking its animated historical documentary on the rise of the Ottoman Empire, starting with ...

"As the new EU Commission starts its work in Brussels and the new US administration takes over the reins in Washington, ...

Upon redemption, these codes let you grab rare items for free. Game of Sultans is a free-to-play RPG by Mechanist Internet that lets you dive into the world of the ancient Ottoman Empire. While ...

Emine Fetvaci, a prominent scholar and accomplished teacher whose research areas include the arts of the book in the Islamic world, and Ottoman, Mughal, and Safavid art and architecture, has been ...

President Trump’s moves to pause refugee resettlement, freeze foreign aid and suspend funds to promote democracy have added more chaos to one of the world’s most urgent humanitarian crises.

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