Articles on civilizations, empires and historical events
Introduction: The World Turned Upside Down On July 14, 1789, a crowd of Parisian workers, artisans, and soldiers stormed a medieval fortress on the eastern edge of the city. The Bastille held only seven prisoners at the time of its…
Introduction: Beyond the Stereotype of Barbarism When the name Genghis Khan is spoken, the immediate associations are almost universally dark, massacre, conquest, rivers of blood, cities reduced to ash. This image is not entirely wrong. The Mongol Empire was responsible…
Introduction: An Empire Like No Other Few political entities in human history have matched the Ottoman Empire in longevity, geographic reach, or civilizational complexity. Founded in Anatolia, the location of modern-day Turkey. The Ottoman Empire grew from a small northwestern…
