Constatine Vii and the historical geography of Empire / Paul Magdalino -- "Asia and Europe commonly called East and West": Constantinople and geographical imagination in Byzantium / Dimiter Angelov -- ...

May 29, 1453, is one of those landmark historical dates. On that day the fall of Constantinople occurred —and with it that of ...

"Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art From the Khalili Collection," opening today at the Asian Art Museum, brings attention to a diverse multicultural civilization that produced its fair share of ...

"This volume collects research presented at the Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED) 2018 international annual symposium. It brings together researchers engaged in the ...

The Byzantium Empire was the longest lasting empire in the western world. It was inaugurated in 330 A.D. when Roman Emperor Constantine the Great moved the capital of the Empire from Rome to Byzantium ...

The Byzantine Empire was one of the first societies to offer its citizens some form of what we now call universal healthcare.

Barbarian invasions in Greece during the Byzantine era were common with mostly Albanian tribes settling in the fertile plains ...

An international team of experts is engaged in a massive undertaking to map the floor of the Black Sea, an endeavor intended to provide insights into the water-level rise following the last Ice Age ...