The Ottoman Empire arose from the ashes of Byzantine Europe in the mid-15th century and grew to dominate not just the Anatolian peninsula, but large swaths of Southeastern Europe, the eastern ...

In Y. Arbel ed. Excavations at the Ottoman Military Compound (Qishle) in Jaffa, 2007, 2009 (The Jaffa Cultural Heritage Project Series 4; Ägypten und Altes Testament 91). Münster. Arbel Y. and ...

Byzantine, medieval and Ottoman eras Demetrios Ioannou Discovered in Valencia in 1994, the iron blade was recently dated to the tenth century, when the Umayyad Caliphate controlled the Iberian ...

Blessed are you when you come in and blessed are you when you go out' are the words inscribed into preserved mosaic tiles on ...

and the Hagia Sophia was the spiritual center of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) empire, built by Justinian I in the 6th century. On May 29, 1453, following a seven-week siege, the Ottoman army ...

Bulgaria, situated in the eastern Balkans, has been undergoing a slow and painful transition to a market economy since the ...

“Venice and the Ottoman Empire,” at the North Carolina Museum ... successive empires, the Byzantine (330-1453) and the Ottoman (1453-1922); and Venice—La Serenìssima—the formidable ...

A gold coin unearthed at the site of a medieval fortress in Bulgaria indicates the wealth of the people who lived there ...

The famous helmet is among the Anglo-Saxon artifacts that indicate an eastern link with the Byzantine Empire. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

In 1453, the Byzantine capital of Constantinople is surrounded by Ottoman Turks. The city is but a shadow of its former glory due to the empire's ever receding coffers, while the Ottoman Empire ...

Thessaloniki’s dining table shows influences from Turkey and Western Europe, and every empire with a presence here (Thracian, Hellenic, Byzantine, Ottoman – take your pick). When asked what ...