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was “the most extensive and intensively organized” in the 500 years since Constantinople fell to the Ottomans in 1453. The Turks destroyed more than 4,000 to 4,500 businesses and 3,500 homes ...

Phidias’ Statue of Zeus at Olympia was taken to Constantinople in the fourth century ... stone blocks just below the water’s surface off Fort Qait-Bey, on a promontory at the heart of the ...

1975: The US admits defeat in Cambodia and removes its remaining embassy personnel from the capital, Phnom Penh. On the same day, Six Catholic civilians are killed in a Ulster Volunteer Force gun and ...

While the Ottoman authorities ordered the execution of the Patriarch of Antioch—mirroring the execution of Ecumenical Patriarch Gregorios V in Constantinople—local ... limited firearms and ammunition, ...

It is in this background that the first siege of the Portuguese fort of Div (now Diu ... This book describes the lands he has seen on his way back from India to Constantinople. In India, they passed ...

The Society’s members were mainly educated, young Phanariot Greeks from Constantinople and the Russian Empire ... to approach Tripolitsa (today’s Tripolis), the most important fort of the Ottomans, ...

However, it was not until the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453 ... It is located just opposite the Alamgiri Gate of the Lahore Fort. The Hazuri Bagh, the adjoining garden, separates the ...

Archaeologists debated the age and purpose of the ruins for years — but not anymore. Take a look at their recent finds.

The Siege of 1453 was a defining moment for Constantinople and the world. The city, once considered impregnable, faced the formidable forces of the Ottoman Empire led by Sultan Mehmed II.

Formerly known as Byzantium and later Constantinople, it is home to stunning landmarks like the Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, and Topkapi Palace, showcasing a fusion of Byzantine, Ottoman ...