During the Armenian Genocide in the early 20th century, the Yazidi community played a crucial but often overlooked role in ...

Selim I ruled the Ottoman Empire for eight years until 1520. In 1517, he invaded and seized Egypt after he defeated the country’s then ruling Mamelukes in a battle in which thousands were killed.

the Ottoman sultans styled themselves as leaders of a global Islamic caliphate. In fact, the Ottoman Empire was the final pre-modern state to make this claim. Islam originated in the Arabian ...

An exploration of the Ottoman Empire's rich history ... to learn about whirling dervishes and the Ottoman leaders' elaborately decorative tombs.