News
For centuries, the Ottoman Empire and Persia clashed over territory, influence, and religion but despite their power, the Ottomans never fully conquered Persia. This video explores why: from fierce ...
York’s civic coat of arms is a shield of St George’s flag with five lions arranged across the red cross bit. There’s a ...
Most of my readers are quite familiar with the great rulers of the Renaissance: Henry VIII and his consecutive marital ...
Let us not sugar-coat it, this is not religious revivalism. It is a well-rehearsed, high-budget cosplay of the Ottoman Empire, starring Erdoğan as the lone ranger of the Ummah.
For the Ottoman Empire, victory came at a high price, with at least 85,000 soldiers killed during the campaign. Well-executed operations saw 36,000 Anzacs evacuate Gallipoli in December with few ...
The Ottoman Empire's seeming tolerance of non-Muslim religions was part of a way to manage communities that drew the empire's suspicions, according to an Osaka Metropolitan University historian.
When the city of Vienna was under siege by the Ottoman Empire, people were baking pretzels through the night in the basement of a certain monastery in order to feed the defenders.
This was depicted not only in the coat of arms of the island federation, but also on its coinage. In order to maintain its sovereignty on the islands, the UK appointed a ”Lord High Commissioner of the ...
A new coat of arms released by Danish King Frederik includes an enlarged Polar Bear, signifying Greenland, at a time when Donald Trump has spoken repeatedly about obtaining it.
View Coat of Arms of the German Empire and of Nuremberg City by Albrecht Dürer on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by Albrecht Dürer.
After the first world war, in which the Ottoman Empire sided with Germany, the Allies partitioned Constantinople between the British, French and Italians.
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results