Ottoman siege artillery. Portuguese fortresses, equipped with stone walls and cannon, were the key to their survival against ...

Relive the dramatic fall of Constantinople in 1453, the siege that ended the Byzantine Empire and reshaped world history. This video explores the Ottoman assault led by Sultan Mehmed II, the massive ...

Through Google Earth’s lens, we retrace the dramatic Fall of Constantinople in 1453. In just one minute, we chart the city’s imposing walls, the Ottoman siege led by Mehmed II, and the moment the ...

Control of the Mediterranean has been one of the most important triggering factors of the constant conflicts that marked the ...

At the eastern edge of the Peloponnese, facing the open waters of the Laconian Sea, rises a limestone promontory a mile long ...

AB: Some Turkish scholars argue that the Jihad call wasn't targeting the non-Muslim citizens of the Ottoman Empire. But what ...

Pope Leo will encounter Islam and engage in interfaith outreach in both countries. His engagement with Christians will be ...

The Ottoman Empire in Decline: From Multinational State to Ethnic Nationalism The film opens in the ancient Assyrian ...

Faith, art, and history converge at these Islamic places of worship. We learn how architectural feats and design details chronicle Istanbul’s history. Ortaköy MosqueThe Ortaköy Mosque, officially the ...

FOR 16 harrowing hours, 16 strong men and women endured an unimaginable ordeal confronted by a madman with a pump-action shotgun. A group of barristers, one of whom was pregnant. Two Indian IT workers ...

Palace lives Vienna's Habsburg monarchs had a motto: "Others wage war, but you, happy Austria, marry". The first part wasn't wholly true, but strategic marriages and lucky inheritances did help to ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A later flight near the Florida beach in 85-degree weather. While I solve that excruciating complication of life’s worry, the sports world was rocked Thursday evening by the ...