The Battle of Anzen: An Emperor Saved By the Rain
On July 22, 838, the rolling plains of Dazimon (in modern-day Turkey) saw one of…
From Frontier Kingdom to an Empire Across Asia
Rising from semi-nomadic Turkish military origins in the late 10th century, the Ghaznavids managed within…
From Vassals to Kings: The Rashtrakutas’ Amazing Journey to Power
The Rashtrakuta dynasty emerged as a dominant force in 8th-century India, rising to power in 756 CE…
The Pope Attacked in Rome
The closing years of the eighth century were a time of turbulence, transformation, and realignment…
The Mysterious Collapse of the Mayan Empire
The Mayan civilization stands as one of the most fascinating and enigmatic cultures of the ancient world….
Berber Resistance to the Arab Invasion: Defiance and Adaptation
The story of the Berber resistance to the Arab invasion of North Africa is one…
The World’s Biggest Jewish State – And You’ve Probably Never Heard Of It!
The story of the Khazars – a powerful Turkic people whose medieval empire straddled the…
Basil I Founds the Macedonian Dynasty On Murder
The year 867 CE marked a turning point in the history of the Byzantine Empire….
Ferdinand the Great: Spain’s First Emperor
In the turbulent landscape of 11th-century Iberia, where Christian and Muslim kingdoms vied for power,…
The End of Roman Britain
In the early fifth century, the Roman Empire, once the unchallenged master of the Mediterranean…
Dark Age Ireland Before The Vikings
By the late-4th century, around the time that the Roman legions were abandoning neighboring Britain,…
The World Changing Conquests of the Rashidun Caliphs
The Rashidun Caliphate (632-661 CE) stands as one of the most transformative periods in world…
The Eastern Roman-Persian Wars: An Epic Struggle for the Ancient World
Introduction For over six centuries, two ancient superpowers the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) and Persian (Sasanian)…
The Viking King Who Conquered England
Sweyn Forkbeard, known in Old Norse as Sveinn Haraldsson tjúguskegg, stands as one of the…
The Crusade Before the Crusades
The year 1064 witnessed a dramatic and bloody episode on the Iberian Peninsula that would…
