In this episode of Kings and Generals' historical animated series, we examine the cultural and intellectual legacy of the ...

Byzantine Greek is the dominant form of Greek written during the Byzantine Empire (AD 330–1453). The spoken language changed significantly in this period and came close to Modern Greek, but most ...

(NEXSTAR) – A total of 800 measles cases across two dozen states ... has seen measles crop up for the first time since 1990. The map below shows which states have measles cases confirmed by ...

Maybe the most fascinating case is John VI Kantakouzenos. This figure was right in the thick of the messy civil wars of the mid 14th century, towards the end of the Byzantine Empire. He ruled from ...

In the end, this small band of POWs and deserters, whose strength was seen by Leon Trotsky as the chief threat to Soviet rule, helped destroy the Austro-Hungarian Empire and found Czecho-Slovakia.

The Byzantine Empire was built on the backs of the rural and urban labour force. From agricultural production and the extraction of raw materials to the physical construction of urban centres and ...

Emperor Justinian I and Empress Theodora were the 6th Century golden couple of the Byzantine Empire. Think Jay-Z and ... Watch how the maps and images of our planet from above have changed over ...