When Constantinople finally fell to the Ottomans on Tuesday, May 29, 1453, the Byzantine Empire and its capital had up to that point survived for 1,000 years beyond the fall of the Western Empire at ...

When Constantinople finally fell to the Ottomans on May 29, 1453, the Byzantine Empire and its capital had up to that point survived for 1,000 years beyond the fall of the Western Empire at Rome.

The victory marked the rise of the Caliphate as it expanded outside the Arabian peninsula, and marked the first major clash between Muslims and Christians. August 20, 2021 marks 1,385 years since the ...

The eastern Roman empire was founded by Constantine the Great on May 11, A.D. 330. The empire fell on May 29, 1453, when the army of the Ottoman sultan Mehmet II breached the walls of Constantinople.

When we think about the early conquests of Islam, we imagine vast numbers of warriors riding camels across deserts, waving banners adorned with the crescent moon and Quranic verses. However, this ...

At one level, The New Byzantines is a quest for identity by a fourth-generation Greek-American, a rummage through the multiple layers that the Greek soul has developed in the long journey from ancient ...

Long after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the Eastern Romans known as the Byzantines launched ambitious campaigns to reclaim lost lands. This video explores their military strategies, key ...