On 6 April 1453, the Siege of Constantinople began under the command of Mehmed II, an Ottoman sultan who was just 21 years ...

Byzantine-era monuments in Istanbul, Turkey, formerly the Byzantine capital city known as Constantinople, are being covered ...

The Byzantine Empire lasted until 1453, when Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) was conquered by the Ottoman Turks. Through the past two centuries, fabled Byzantium was reduced to little more ...

An Osaka Metropolitan University historian has found that the Ottoman Empire’s seeming religious tolerance stemmed from ...

During the 15th and 16th centuries, a wave of Greek Byzantine scholars arrived in Italy where they contributed tremendously ...

Münster. Arbel Y. and Rauchberger L. This volume. Remains from Middle Bronze Age II and the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Crusader, Late Ottoman and British Mandate Periods on Rabbi Yehuda Me- Raguza ...

The Hagia Sophia is at the centre of Turkey's Byzantine, Ottoman and secular history. How did the sixth-century cathedral ...

1995. Byzantine ou ottomane? Une céramique peinte à l’engobe découverte en Méditerranée orientale. Anatolia Antiqua 3:203-217. François V. 2008. Jarres, terrailles, faïences et porcelaines européennes ...

However, this symbol did not originate with Islam; it was adopted for the first time by the city of Byzantine (which later became Istanbul). While the Ottoman Empire ruled the Muslim world ...