Hidden in the footnotes of history books, these lesser-known leaders of Greek origin held great power over numerous countries ...

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The Ottoman Empire lasted from around 1300 until 1922, and at various points in its history ruled present-day Turkey, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, and beyond. In the wake of the 1821 Greek revolt ...

The city was sacked again — this time by the Turks — and incorporated into the Ottoman Empire. As a result ... Polish King Jan III Sobieski, the ruler of the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth ...

Conflicts that have riven Sudan for decades have prompted some observers to predict the country will fall apart. But signs of ...

A new book offers a comprehensive and heartbreaking account of the most terrible catastrophe to befall Ireland in the modern ...

This column advocates for calm, rational and substantive discourse on matters of concern to our global nation. But the ...

The Hagia Sophia is at the centre of Turkey's Byzantine, Ottoman and secular history. How did the sixth-century cathedral ...

Willis believes that Sudan's main problem is that its army commanders have always believed they are the natural rulers ...

Throughout history, Ethiopia’s national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and access to the sea have been fiercely protected through the ...