How the Balkan Peninsula Transformed from Ottoman 'Outlying Province' to 'European Powder Keg'
The Balkan Peninsula, a crucial crossroads between Europe and Asia, has a storied history marked by the rise of the Byzantine Empire and the iron grip of the Ottoman Empire. From the conquest of the ...
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
This crime against humanity would go down as the worst massacre in the history of the Ottoman Empire until the 19th century. Selim the Grim and Shah Ismail: The Final Showdown After almost a ...
Greek Reporter6 天
Filiki Eteria: The Group That Sparked the Greek War of Independence
The Filiki Eteria, or the Society of Friends was founded on September 14, 1814, and played a crucial role in the Greek War of ...
UNESCO1 年
Old Town of Corfu
The three forts of the town, designed by renowned Venetian engineers, were used for four centuries to defend the maritime trading interests of the Republic of Venice against the Ottoman Empire. In the ...