The “Huey Tzompantli” was the colossal skull rack located in the central square of Tenochtitlan, in front of the giant temple of Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc. It was an immense construction,...
Renaissance
From the Age of Discoveries through seismic Napoleonic campaigns
Nikiforos Grigoras was born in Heraclea Pontica, with historians specifying his birth between the years 1292 and 1295. He stands out as one of the prominent figures of the Palaiologian...
After the pacification of the army in 327 BCE, the Greek king quelled another revolt of the Sogdians with the well-known feat of capturing the eponymous rock and moved towards...
Compasses are one of the characteristic forms of pottery in the Early Cycladic I period (3200 – 2800 BCE), particularly common in burials. These are spherical or cylindrical vessels with...
Leaving Kütahya, Tamerlane continued his march, reinforced by the emirs Amir Suleiman and Sundjuk along the way. He immediately captured Altintas, south of Kütahya. With Güzël Hissar of Aydin, he...
After the conquest of Egypt, Alexander, having stayed for a period in Tyre, departed in the spring of 331 BC, heading towards the interior of Asia by crossing Mesopotamia. Simultaneously,...
The use of the term “Mücahit” by the Islamist President of Turkey for members of Hamas is not accidental. This term was used to refer to Turkish Cypriots recruited by...
At the end of World War I, the Ottoman Empire found itself unable to maintain its statehood. France, one of the Allied powers, eyed, among other territories, the lands of...
John II Komnenos (1118-1143) is considered one of the most capable emperors, and perhaps the one who perceived the magnitude of the Turkish threat for his empire more than anyone...
The “Huey Tzompantli” was the colossal skull rack located in the central square of Tenochtitlan, in front of the giant temple of Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc. It was an immense construction,...
Nikiforos Grigoras was born in Heraclea Pontica, with historians specifying his birth between the years 1292 and 1295. He stands out as one of the prominent figures of the Palaiologian...
After the pacification of the army in 327 BCE, the Greek king quelled another revolt of the Sogdians with the well-known feat of capturing the eponymous rock and moved towards...
Compasses are one of the characteristic forms of pottery in the Early Cycladic I period (3200 – 2800 BCE), particularly common in burials. These are spherical or cylindrical vessels with...
Leaving Kütahya, Tamerlane continued his march, reinforced by the emirs Amir Suleiman and Sundjuk along the way. He immediately captured Altintas, south of Kütahya. With Güzël Hissar of Aydin, he...
After the conquest of Egypt, Alexander, having stayed for a period in Tyre, departed in the spring of 331 BC, heading towards the interior of Asia by crossing Mesopotamia. Simultaneously,...
The use of the term “Mücahit” by the Islamist President of Turkey for members of Hamas is not accidental. This term was used to refer to Turkish Cypriots recruited by...
At the end of World War I, the Ottoman Empire found itself unable to maintain its statehood. France, one of the Allied powers, eyed, among other territories, the lands of...
John II Komnenos (1118-1143) is considered one of the most capable emperors, and perhaps the one who perceived the magnitude of the Turkish threat for his empire more than anyone...