On 6 April 1453, the Siege of Constantinople began under the command of Mehmed II, an Ottoman sultan who was just 21 years old but determined to see through his father’s dream of capturing the ...

The Franks surrendered the castle to the Byzantines in 1262 ... is influenced by the so-called “Helladic” school of Byzantine architecture as well as the architecture of Constantinople. The painting ...

Greek castles remind us of impressive stories from their epic past, some ranked among the best-preserved buildings in Europe.

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 ...

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 ...

The Byzantine Empire lasted until 1453, when Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) was conquered by the Ottoman Turks. Through the past two centuries, fabled Byzantium was reduced to little more ...

The fascinating last chapter recounts the fate of Constantinople and its people under Ottoman rule and the stories of some of the Byzantine refugees who fled to the West. It reviews the emergence of ...