The Final Resting Place
Screex He had killed fourteen of his brothers upon ascending the throne. And now his beloved...
What happened to the Ottoman sultans’ former concubines?
No, they weren’t stuffed into sacks and drowned in the Bosphorus. Although such stories did...
What did the Turkish Sultan Mehmed II (the Conqueror) do after conquering Constantinople in 1453?
The capital of the Byzantine Empire fell to the Turkish assault on May 29, 1453....
The Ottomans and Their Grandchildren — V
The atrocities committed by the Ottomans against the peoples inhabiting the region are countless. They...
Which peoples resisted the Ottoman Empire?
Few people remember this now, but the Ottoman Empire began with 500 warriors who fled...
Pechenegs and Canles
The Kanly state was located in Southern Kazakhstan. Its capital was the city of Bitian,...
Who are the Merkits, the mysterious tribe that challenged Genghis Khan himself?
Who are the Merkits? In the shadow of the great Mongol conquests lies the history...
The Merkits: what happened to the Mongol tribe that crossed paths with Genghis Khan himself?
Everyone knows that the Tatars sent Genghis Khan’s father to heaven. After that, in retaliation,...
The History of the Xiongnu: The End of a Nomadic Empire and the Beginning of the Glorious History of the Huns
Chieftain Tanshihai The Xianbei horde was disorganized. This prevented it from finally defeating the weakened...
The History of the Xiongnu — The Last Echo of the Greatness of the Nomadic Xiongnu
The Strife Between the Southern and Northern Xiongnu The Northern Xiongnu wanted to establish peaceful...