Saksagan
THE SILK ROAD
Bridging East and West
Exploring the Ancient Trade Routes
The Silk Road, originating in China and weaving through Anatolia to finally extend into Europe, has served...
The Past as a Mirror to the Future
While the European Union (EU) may appear primarily as an economic union, it is, in reality, a union of civilizations. Particularly in Turkey today,...
Amasya Erzurum Sivas
Key Moments in Turkey’s War of Independence
On June 22nd, 1919, in Amasya, and later on September 4th, 1919, in Sivas, pivotal events unfolded, shaping...
Theoderic and regent of Italy
No surprise, but such words come in a novel that contrasts the bravery and intelligence of fair-haired northerners with the weakness and treachery of...
Theoderic appeared in the late 480s
Or were the Goths even ever there? Numbers and time tell the story. The invasions of Italy of which we know consist of four...
Colosseum afterward
The third grandee, Festus, we have seen already, the most senior of the ex-consuls in all these years, having given the year his name...
The Accession of Alexius and Interfamily Power Struggles part 28
Therefore nothing of what had happened deterred Robert from the object he had set himself; and so with the remaining troops (for some by...
The Accession of Alexius and Interfamily Power Struggles part 27
For a heavy fall of snow and the winds rushing down from the mountains churned up the sea violently. Then the waves rose and...
The Accession of Alexius and Interfamily Power Struggles part 26
XII In this way then affairs in the East were lulled to rest. On reaching Dyrrachium Palaeologus sent off a runner with the news...
