What if the Byzantine Empire had never collapsed? What if Constantinople had stood firm against the Ottoman siege, and the ...

The Byzantine Empire, weakened by plague and war, faced a formidable new threat from the Arab Rashidun Caliphate, igniting a ...

Shadows is designed as something of a soft reboot for the series, with no playable modern day section and a strong focus on ...

Amid the constant military campaigns, there was also the “Plague of Justinian,” one of history’s worst pandemics, that ...

Few stories from medieval Europe are as shocking and terrifying as the mass blinding of about 15,000 Bulgarian soldiers by ...

The Walls of Constantinople stand as one of history’s greatest feats of military engineering, an impenetrable fortress that ...

The Slavery Abolition Act comes into effect, abolishing slavery throughout the British Empire. It doesn’t stop the practice.

In the 6th century, the Roman Empire was split and its future hung in the balance. Emperor Justinian dreamed of restoring it to its former glory. That was until the first great plague devastated ...

Built as a church and repurposed during its 1,500‑year history as a mosque, a museum and now a mosque once more, the Hagia ...

What do a notorious Russian fascist, an accused Russian war criminal and a distinguished American economist have in common?

EADaily, August 1st, 2025. "At the end of the day, I would like to remember the great Armenian, Ivan Aivazovsky, on his ...

Traveling between these five new and newly reopened museums is both a plunge into the city’s rich history and an exploration ...