The break-up of the Ottoman empire and the disintegration of the Russian empire were watershed events ... Shattering Empires draws on extensive research in the Ottoman and Russian archives to tell the ...

This day marked the beginning of the end of the Ottoman Empire, a dissolution that would bring great suffering and chaos ... and develops a new case study for understanding the political reactions of ...

The Ottoman Empire arose from the ashes of Byzantine ... By the 19th century, though, the empire had entered into terminal decline and was frequently referred to as the "sick man of Europe." ...

After solidifying political and social reforms, Atatürk shifted his focus to modernising Turkey’s economy. Initially ...

This led to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, marking a turning point in relations between the Arab World and the West. During the war, Britain had fought the Ottomans in Palestine, Syria and ...

Ancient shipwrecks have shone new light on how and when the Eastern Roman Empire began its 1,000 year decline and eventual ...

The Ottoman Empire was one of the largest and longest-lived empires in southeastern Europe and the Middle East. It can only ...