CAIRO, July 3. /TASS/. The new Syrian government has presented the country’s new coat of arms — a hawk with outstretched wings and three stars above its head — during celebrations in Damascus as ...

Mehmed II, known as "The Conqueror," transformed the Ottoman Empire into a dominant Muslim superpower through military genius, administrative reform, and the monumental conquest of Constantinople.

Let us not sugar-coat it, this is not religious revivalism. It is a well-rehearsed, high-budget cosplay of the Ottoman Empire, starring Erdoğan as the lone ranger of the Ummah.

Key points This quick guide outlines some of this year’s significant military anniversaries. It will focus on the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War and the 110th anniversary of the ...

Population surveillance. The carrying of identification while traveling. Add to that the public presence of diverse religions and it sounds like 2025, but this was life in the Ottoman Empire 200 ...

I’d like to give you a short true or false quiz on the origins of the pretzel. Go ahead and take it – I assure you there is a method behind the madness.

However, following the dissolution of the Republic of Venice in 1798, the French became the rulers of these idyllic islands. Unfortunately, the Ionian Sea was now entering a long period of turbulence ...

A new coat of arms released by Danish King Frederik includes an enlarged Polar Bear, signifying Greenland, at a time when Donald Trump has spoken repeatedly about obtaining it.

Albrecht Dürer Coat of Arms of the German Empire and of Nuremberg City, 1521 24 x 17.4 cm. (9.4 x 6.9 in.) Medium woodcut Size 24 x 17.4 cm. (9.4 x 6.9 in.) Description Keffiyeh truffaut disrupt Sale ...

After the first world war, in which the Ottoman Empire sided with Germany, the Allies partitioned Constantinople between the British, French and Italians. Its de facto occupation after the war in ...