A train station in Damascus was once the pride of the Syrian capital, an essential link between Europe and the Arabian ...

The systematic study of the history of East Central Europe outside the region itself began only in the last generation or two. For the most part historians in the region have preferred to write about ...

Rageh Omaar traces the history of the Ottoman empire. A super-power of a million square miles, it matched the glories of Ancient Rome and collapsed less than a hundred years ago ...

The Ottoman Empire (1299-1923) was one of the longest lasting and most territorially extensive ... Marc David Baer, Honored by the Glory of Islam: Conversion and Conquest in Ottoman Europe (Oxford ...

Ottoman Lands: 100 Years Ago And Now 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 ...

When the Ottoman Empire collapsed, Turkey was established. The German Empire became Germany, and Germany lost substantial territory outside Europe. For more information about the history of World ...

The archaeologist had a head start, on Ottoman Empire By Train ... With his trusty Baedeker's guidebooks, Mr P. has roamed ...

The show demonstrates that, despite their differences, Christian Europe and the Islamic Ottoman Empire expressed mutual appreciation for cultural excellence: Giorgione, Titian and the Bellinis ...