Mezze can be made up of just a few, or dozens of dishes, depending on what’s available and the size of the dining party. These are the main items you’ll find in mezze spreads, though each region has ...

The kibbutz began as a bold, earthy dream, carved into Ottoman Palestine’s soil by Jewish socialists who saw labor as a path ...

Trade in ivory, spices and gold brought great wealth to the town, but it now sits abandoned and is being taken over by coral ...

The Battle of Adrianople during the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829 played a crucial yet overlooked role in Greece's fight for ...

Population surveillance. The carrying of identification while traveling. Add to that the public presence of diverse religions ...

Population surveillance. The carrying of identification while traveling. Add to that the public presence of diverse religions and it sounds like 2025 ...

An Osaka Metropolitan University historian has found that the Ottoman Empire’s seeming religious tolerance stemmed from ...

When you pass the stage, you will find a dance hall. The central piece of the evening was the Mawlawiyya dance performed by ...

It is fascinating to note that, notwithstanding his antisemitism, Sherman was a great admirer of Rose Eytinge (1835-1911), a Jewish-American actress and author who rose to become one of the most popul ...

From the battlefields of Morea to the halls of power in London and Washington, the Greek War of Independence set the stage ...

The Greek War of Independence that begun in 1821 is full of memorable events, most of them bloody battles and heroic feats.