Rise of Empires: Ottoman Season 2 picks up eight years after the conquest of Constantinople with Sultan Mehmed II at the height of his power. However, a new threat emerges in the form of Vlad the ...

The fall of the Ottoman Empire and the rise of colonial influence set the stage for change. In response, Hassan al-Banna ...

Crescent Dawn is a highly readable and well researched military and political history of the Ottoman empire during its rise. The book is illustrated with eight clear maps, several family trees, and a ...

Mehmed launches an ambitious siege to break through the walls of Constantinople, but Giustiniani's mercenaries manage to forestall the Janissaries. Mehmed's men dig underground tunnels in an attempt ...

Last night at 2:17 AM, every child from Mrs. Gandy's class went missing.

In 1571, the Christian fleet of the Holy League defeated the Ottoman one at the Battle of Lepanto. It was the battle in which ...

In the context of military technological developments in eastern Europe, the notion of an Ottoman decline needs to be called into question. In this essay Keith Krause's model for the spread of ...

Beta Film has released a swashbuckling, pulse-pounding trailer for “Rise of the Raven,” its epic 10-part drama series based on the bloody 15th-century battle that changed the course of Europe. The ...

The word “samurai” is thrown around a lot in popular culture, but this six-part series gets down to the brass tacks of what it actually means. Covering the era of feudal Japan from 1551 to 1616, the ...