Day after day the two brothers at the Polychron Monastery filled the parchments with some mysterious characters that amazed other monks, then scraped them off and covered the thick sheets with very ...

The defeat at the Battle of Manzikert was a pivotal moment for the Byzantine Empire as it allowed for the Turkification of ...

The Byzantine Empire was a continuation of the Roman Empire ... condemned by the Church but popular with the people such as slavery, prostitution, pornography, and gladiatorial games.

slavery was practiced in ancient Egypt, Babylon, and Assyria, in the Byzantine Empire, in Kievan Russia, in the Aztec and Mayan empires, and throughout the Islamic world. The Spanish conquistadors ...

Historians think it was used as a protective amulet Julia Binswanger Houses and businesses across the Greek capital incorporate—or obscure—structures spanning the city’s ancient, Byzantine ...