What was the vitriolic report of Liutprand of Cremona, whose insults towards the Byzantines created a caricature of the ...

Mehmed II, known as "The Conqueror," transformed the Ottoman Empire into a dominant Muslim superpower through military genius, administrative reform, and the monumental conquest of Constantinople.

Such exchange is the locus of the Frist Art Museum’s summer show Venice and the Ottoman Empire, a traveling exhibition of ...

Every day, ferries of all shapes and sizes glide across the waters of Istanbul, their wakes intertwining to form intricate ...

The major Ottoman Empire-era landmark will be offering nighttime visits all summer for travelers looking to beat the heat and ...

Max Sligh on “Venice and the Ottoman Empire,” at the Frist Art Museum, Nashville.

The early 1600s, however, gave rise to an extraordinary phenomenon: the Sultanate of Women. It marked a period when some ...

Will the Middle East emerge from its disastrous post-Ottoman century? With Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon all weak, the region’s reconstruction in ways that permit peace, stability, and ...

Following the Fall of Constantinople and the conquest of Trebizond and Morea, the Ottoman Empire faced fierce resistance in ...

There are times in our journey as a global nation when we descend into a victim mentality. We all are familiar with this behavior. We become reactive rather than proactive. We complain about the ...

Ottoman imperium eventually ended in ignominy, with defeat in World War I and the Armenian Genocide – an appalling ...

The current crisis between Israel and Iran, as well as the involvement of the United States of America, has proved once more that in international power ...