In 1221 on the plains of current-day Turkmenistan lay the city of Merv. The town faced a Mongol besiegement under one of ...

After the Ottoman's defeat the Serbian Lazar at the 1389 Battle of Kosovo, their new Sultan Bayezid I continued their ...

In Istanbul, Janina Ramirez discovers how the ornate ceramics known as Iznik tiles hold the key to a forgotten golden age of Turkish art. In the nearby town of Iznik, she learns how the secret ...

The word “samurai” is thrown around a lot in popular culture, but this six-part series gets down to the brass tacks of what it actually means. Covering the era of feudal Japan from 1551 to 1616, the ...

The event included a scientific workshop and a round table dedicated to the study of new archival documents and artifacts reflecting the foreign policy relations of the Kazakh Khanate of the XV-XVII ...