It began with an appeal for aid from the Christian Byzantine Empire, threatened by the rising power of the Muslim Seljuk ...

Over 300 years (1048–1348 CE), the Byzantine Empire was locked in an enduring struggle with the Seljuk Turks. These clashes focused on dominance over Asia Minor and neighbouring territories, parts of ...

On the night of June 13, at 03:10, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that Israel had launched a preemptive ...

Faced with a formidable threat from the East, Pope Innocent IV dispatched an embassy to the Tatars, led by the Roman Catholic diplomat Simon of Saint Quentin. After months of arduous travel and ...