In May 1453, the Ottomans under Sultan Mehmed II brought down the great walls of Constantinople after weeks of siege. This one-minute journey with Google Earth traces the city’s defenses, the decisive ...

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 ...

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

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

Croatia has marked the anniversary of the fall of the eastern town of Vukovar, which was demolished by the Serb-led Yugoslav ...

PARIS -- Sophie Dias fought tears outside the Stade de France on Thursday as she described her “void that never closes” since ...

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Living in Boston during much of that siege — from April 19, 1775, to March 17, 1776 — meant being a prisoner in the town.

PARIS — Coordinated terrorist attacks turned Paris into a theater of blood and calamity 10 years ago Thursday, with gunfire ...