Geography, demographics, religion, technology, and a state’s institutions determined why certain states exercised power and how different regions developed the way that they did.

C enturies before questionable COVID-19 information began rippling through social media, another inaccurate account of ...

When you hear it said that “Modern steel is disposable by design”, your ears perk up, as you just caught the unmistakable ...

Once a crucial caravan stop on the Silk Road, Khiva is one of Central Asia’s best-preserved medieval settlements. The Uzbek ...

ROME: A medieval tower in central Rome that was under renovation partially collapsed on Monday (Nov 3), with one worker ...

Let's go back to the Middle Ages to look at some dishes people still enjoy today. Find out if one of your favorite meals is ...

Emeric, son of Hungary’s first Christian king, St. Stephen, was born around A.D. 1000. His name is translated as Imre in ...

A new study shows how a medieval text was misread as history, shaping how the Black Death’s spread was understood for ...

Firefighters pull a construction worker from under the debris of a medieval tower, which was under renovation near the Roman ...

ROME: A medieval tower in central Rome has collapsed again during a rescue operation by firefighters, sending up a cloud of debris.The tower in central Rome, the Torre dei Conti, partially collapsed ...

Italian Carabinieri look as firefighters work to rescue a construction worker from under the debris of the partially ...

One of the Mamluk-era tunnels carved into tufa rock at Nahal 'Amal, revealing the sophisticated hydraulic engineering that powered medieval sugar production. (Azriel Yechezkel / A. Frumkin et al., ...