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Explore the achievements and challenges in the Middle Ages. From knights and castles to intriguing Conquerors throughout Medieval History.
This is the story of the Seljuks, the early steppe nomads who began the Turkic migration and settlement of the Middle East.
In 960, Sayf al-Dawla led a large army home through the Taurus mountains after a raid in Byzantine lands. Very few made it home alive.
While the Vikings wrote very little about themselves, they have left us a variety of symbols that provide insight into their beliefs and values.
Read on to discover the secrets behind these seven great medieval cities that thrived on trade.
How did Bayezid, fourth sultan of the mighty Ottoman Empire, lose his life in captivity at the court of the Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur the “Lame”?
Although pitched battles were relatively rare in the Middle Ages, they could be very decisive. What would have happened on the medieval battlefield?
While the Arthur of legend is universally known as King Arthur, there is evidence he was not described as a king in the earliest legends.
The Battle of Didgori, fought between the Georgian and Seljuk Empires in 1121 CE, saw Georgia retake Tbilisi and the beginning of the Georgian Golden Age.