Byzantine architecture has had a profound influence across the world, including in the Balkans, Middle East, and North ...

The Castle of Mytilene on Lesvos is undergoing a revival. It is one of the largest surviving medieval fortresses in the ...

However, the Seljuks were well known to settle warlike Turkmen tribes around Byzantine borderlands. Many of these tribes, including the Kayi (to which the Ottomans belonged) simply waited for the ...

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 ...

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 ...