Prussia was undoubtedly one of the most important actors in Europe’s Early- and Late Modern periods. It has a fascinating history and geographically and politically, up until the early 18th century, ...

In 1683, the Ottoman Empire launched one of the largest invasions Europe had ever seen. An army of more than 150,000 soldiers surrounded Vienna, threatening to break the power of the Habsburg Empire ...

In 1999, the year she graduated from art school, Bay Area illustrator Nadine Takvorian wrote in an Armenian magazine that she hoped to someday write a book about her experience in the Armenian ...

Legitimate critiques of Israel can be made, but many are accusing Israel and Zionists of “controlling” the US government and forcing it into war with Iran, despite the Iran war being squarely in US ...

Eski Foça, a town on Turkey’s Aegean coast, has been shaped by thousands of years of history and conquered by dozens of civilizations. Yet it still feels sheltered from the chaos of the modern world.

Located in today's Iran, Persia managed to incorporate many groups into their empire by respecting individual cultures in exchange for tributes. In part 2, learn about the majesty of the Persians, the ...

From record-setting adventurers to diasporic filmmakers and chefs, these are the women defining the way we see—and ...

Nolan Bramble spins a plate at a pop-up circus during the annual Hannaford Kidz Expo on Saturday at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany. (Jim Franco/Times Union) Alex Gamache flips on a ...

Greeks, Ottomans and Portuguese all sought to control the Persian waterway, whose shores were once dubbed the Pirate Coast.

ALBANY, NY (WRGB) — Kids and families filled Empire State Plaza on today as the Capital Region’s children took over the convention center for this year’s Kids Expo. MORE: Albany PAL gives kids a March ...

At the height of the British Empire, just after the First World War, an island smaller than Kansas controlled roughly a quarter of the world’s population and landmass. To the architects of this ...