Many factors contributed to the survival of the Byzantine Empire. It had a good infrastructure system that funneled agricultural supplies, and it had a good infrastructure system that funneled these ...

At its peak, the Byzantine Empire stretched from southern Spain to ... new suggestions have emerged that attributed the rise and fall of empires to climate and disease. "Some believe that the ...

The legacy of the Byzantine Empire in the Balkans stretches back for centuries. Today’s politics should remember that the idea of Balkan states as homogenous entities is not natural. This is a ...

John Julius Norwich tells the dramatic story of the fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire, followed by the rise of the Ottoman Turks in the 15th Century. Using monuments in Istanbul to ...

Kings and Generals has begun remaking its animated historical documentary on the rise of the Ottoman Empire, starting with Osman I and the early battles against the Byzantine Empire. As the ...