For almost 400 years, the Ottoman Empire dominated Southeastern Europe, Turkey, and the Middle East. Founded by daring Turkic horsemen, the empire…
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In 1547, Grand Prince Ivan of Moscow declared himself tsar of Russia. He is now better known as Ivan the Terrible. For…
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For 1,000 years after the Western Roman Empire fell, the Eastern Empire of Byzantium stood strong. Ancient and powerful, the Byzantine court…
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The gradual process of decline that brought the Roman Empire to an end is one of the all-time favorite history topics. That…
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In the 13th century, the Mongols erupted from their isolated homeland, forming one of the greatest empires the world has ever known.…
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The Inca Empire was prosperous from the mid-1430s to 1572 when Spain’s Francisco Pizarro conquered them. This civilization spread from most of…
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By modern standards, life in ancient Rome was awful. Slavery was rampant, health care was very basic, and if you were poor,…
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The British Empire was easily the largest empire in human history, encompassing about one fourth of the world’s total land area and…
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The French Empire officially refers to the geopolitical entity set up by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1804, though the French colonial empire is…
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The Byzantine Empire was actually the Roman Empire, just further East. It existed from the year 330 AD all the way until…
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