The story of Constantinople is a fascinating one that dates back millennia to when this mega-city was a small Greek town known as Byzantium.

On a visit to feline-friendly Turkey, an anthropologist considers what long-standing practices of caring for cats reveal about human societies.

A few decades before, in 1453 to be exact, Constantinople, capital of the Eastern portion of what remained of the once mighty ...

Situated on the Thermaic Gulf of the Aegean Sea, Thessaloniki's strategic location made it a crucial hub for trade, ...

Athens is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It has been a place of human settlement for at least 5,000 years.

On December 22, 2024, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan rallied a crowd of his Islamist supporters in Mardin, not far ...

most of the Middle East had been under the control of the Ottoman Empire for nearly 500 years. The empire was centred in Turkey. Its capital was Constantinople (today's Istanbul). In August of ...

There Reconquest is the process by which i Christian kingdoms they reconquered the Iberian Peninsula, previously almost ...

The National Library of Spain preserves one of the most fascinating travel books from the Late Middle Ages, following the ...

Breakfast in Istanbul is an indulgent affair. There is nothing continental about morning meals in the world's only transcontinental city.

From the Edict of Milan to the Council of Nicaea, St. Sylvester’s papacy marked a turning point for Christianity.

Whether you’re taking to the track for the first time or are a seasoned pro, our list of new Driving Empire codes gives you some extra cash to spend on fresh vehicles, and sometimes even wraps to help ...