The Mongol Empire was one of the largest empires in world history, stretching from the Middle East to southeast Asia. At its height, it controlled an area larger than modern-day France and Germany combined. In this article, we’ll take a look at what made the Mongols so successful, and see if their model can be applied in today’s world. Mongol […]
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History of the British Empire The British Empire was once the largest empire in the world, ruling over a quarter of the globe’s land and people. But what led to its decline? In this article, we’ll explore the reasons behind the fall of the British Empire. Origins (1497–1583) The British Empire began with the union of England
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Ottoman Empire History Ottoman Empire ruled over the three continents for more than 600 years. This includes Bulgaria, Greece, Hungry, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Macedonia, Romania, Syria, Arab & many countries from North Africa. At its peak, the area of this empire was around 1.8 million square kilometers in this time total of 36 Sultans ruled this Empire. The first four Caliphates (Khulfa Rashdun), Muslims had many caliphates
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The Abbasid caliphate The Abbasid caliphate was the second of the Muslim empire’s two great dynasties. In 750 CE, it removed the Umayyad caliphate and established the Abbasid caliphate, which ruled until 1258, when it was destroyed by the Mongol invasion. The name is derived from al-Abbs (died c. 653) of the Hashemite clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca, the Prophet
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Mughal Empire History The Mughal Empire: On the fringes of the Indian subcontinent, there are two countries with a Muslim majority. On the west, there’s Pakistan, and on the east, there’s Bangladesh. Both of these countries, as well as the huge minority of Muslims living in India, have one dynasty to thank for their Muslim
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Rise and Fall of the Seljuk Empire Rise and Fall of the Seljuk Empire The Seljuk Empire or Seljuq Empire (Turkish: Büyük Selçuklu Devleti; Persian: دولت سلجوقیان‎, Daulat-i-Saljuqian; English: Seljuq Empire) was a medieval Turkish empire that lasted from 1037 to 1194 AD. It was spread over a very large area that extended from the Hindu Kush mountains in
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Byzantine Empire history The Byzantine Empire Eastern Roman Empire) was one of the longest-lasting empires in history. At its height in the medieval period, it was the most sophisticated and wealthiest empire in Europe. These erudite Greek-speaking people were the guardians of ancient classical civilization until the Empire’s collapse, and they considered themselves true Romans until the end. Once a Roman imperial backwater, the
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Soviet Union In the early 1900s, the Russian Empire was ruled by a single man, Tsar Nicholas II, who exercised complete control over every aspect of the country. The population of Russia was poor, stupid, and hungry, and wouldn’t look out of place in any time period in the past thousand years. In 1914, the Russian Empire declared war on Germany, starting
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Deccan Sultanate | Bahmani Sultanate The first invader to pay attention to the Deccan was Sultan Jalal Alauddin Hasan Gangu Bahmani. He had the Deccan country that it needed the Deccan but did Khilji’s son-in-law and nephew as Sultan Alauddin Khilji but this Sultan was had been accumulating in the treasury of Deccan for thousands of years. So that which.
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Who were the Mayans, and why did their thriving civilization suddenly collapse and fail? It is a question that has puzzled historians and explorers for decades—one which has given rise to a variety of theories, none of them entirely adequate. We may never know how and why a people that had endured for thousands of years abruptly
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