The Greek Foreign Minister visits his counterpart in Cairo to express his discontent over the ruling that grants Egypt the ...

I’ve always been fascinated by history—not just the big battles and famous names, but the everyday stuff people made, used, and lived with. The deeper I go, the more I realize: ancient societies weren ...

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Iron-clad men thrusting swords and pikes into each other ... ended with an important and decisive event. It marked the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V’s indisputable victory over France’s ...

In addition to jousting displays with François I of France, Henry and the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I gifted each other armour and jousted to broker alliances. Not Just the Tudor's listener ...

But the Eastern Roman Empire lived on for another millennium – until Constantinople fell to the Turks in 1453. A few fringe scholars even argue that Rome fell in 1806 with the demise of the Holy Roman ...

Visiting, meditating or praying in Istanbul's Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom in Greek) is aesthetically and emotionally exhilarating. Built by the Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I between 532 and 537 ...

Under the reign of the Habsburgs, the Holy Roman Empire experienced a revival and regained influence. In 1495, Maximilian I undertook a profound ... Other notable items included the Holy Lance, the ...

Maximilian I had died earlier, in 1519, but Frisia fell under the control of his grandson, the new emperor Charles V ... fighting like an ancient Roman, for your land with your wife, who was pursued ...

assumed through paternal lineage (Emperor Maximilian). Added to these were the states (lordships, duchies, counties, etc.) of the Holy Roman Empire in 1520. It is understood that he adopted the motto ...