Aqueducts are very impressive examples of the art of construction in the Roman Empire. Even today, they still provide new insights into aesthetic, practical and technical aspects of construction and ...
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Fall of Constantinople in 40 seconds
In May 1453, the Ottomans under Sultan Mehmed II brought down the great walls of Constantinople after weeks of siege. This ...
The Surp Krikor Lusavoriç church stands on the coastal road in the Istanbul neighborhood of Kuzguncuk. Below it lies the waters of the Bosphorus, to the northeast stands the intercontinental ...
On 6 April 1453, the Siege of Constantinople began under the command of Mehmed II, an Ottoman sultan who was just 21 years old but determined to see through his father’s dream of capturing the ...
On Tuesday morning, 20 Jumada al-Ulaa, 857H; may 29, 1453AD, the Ottoman sultan, Mohammed Alfateh launched his last attack to conquer constantinople, after a siege that lasted more than 50 days. When ...
In the years leading up to 1914, Europe’s Great Powers became embroiled in an arms race driven by French and Russian fears of German strength on land and British fears of German ambitions at sea.
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Ahmad ibn Fadlan wrote the only eyewitness account of a viking funeral. German Vizulis/Shutterstock (made using Canva) On August 27 1761, a Danish explorer started a small riot in the grand bazaar of ...
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