Were there Byzantine revolts after the Ottoman conquest?
Screex Byzantine Empire and Byzantine are fictitious names invented by Habsburg historians to avoid calling the legitimate Roman Empire as such and to support their claim that the state led by…
A tulip is more expensive than a throne or the Ottomans strike back
At the turn of the XVII-XVIII centuries, the Ottoman Empire, formerly an inviolable stronghold, whose name frightened both peasant and queen, which was the eternal headache of many European and…
«The Dzungarian Khanate was a state that occupied part of modern Russia»: opponents of Russian expansion into Siberia
By the 17th century, the sprawling Russian kingdom had already dealt with all the khanates around it. It was Moscow that became the main force in the region of Eastern…
Kazakh-Dzungarian confrontation
The Oirats began to penetrate into the territory of the Kazakh Khanate in the 15th century - that is, when the Kazakh state was formed. Relations were peaceful - there…
The Battle of Cannes. Burials of slain warriors
After the Battle of Cannae, a huge number of dead soldiers remained lying on the plain, whose bodies had to be buried. I have repeatedly come across claims that if…
The four greatest Asians. Chapter I. The Empire of the Immortal Lion
I am opening a series of articles about the four rulers of Asia, so significant that even these publications will not be able to fully reveal them to modern man.…
The Battle of the Three Kings: How the Turks and Moroccans defeated the Portuguese and changed the course of history
After Algeria recognized Ottoman suzerainty, Morocco remained the last independent Islamic state in North Africa. It did not at all seek to fall under the rule of Istanbul, for which…
Timariots are landlords of the Ottoman Empire. How did they differ from the Sepoys?
It's easy: a sipah is a mounted warrior, a traditional Turkic cavalryman of the Ottoman Empire, and a timariot is a landowner. He became the first only when he went…
The role of the Seljuks at the beginning of the Crusades
Historians call the Seljuks a dynasty of Central Asian origin, which reigned in the territory from the Amu Darya to the Mediterranean Sea during the 11th century. It is also…
The Battle of the Inche River on August 30, 1722 — The Highlanders know how to fight and die as warriors
The dragoons were excitedly exchanging fire with the Highlanders. They rode in front of them as if on a shooting range. They just didn't hold the targets in their hands.…