The Portuguese Empire is a collection of overseas territories that were colonized by the Portuguese from  the 15th to the 20th century. The precondition...
The Ottoman-Mamluk War of 1516-1517 was the second war between the Ottoman Empire and the Mamluk Sultanate, which led to the complete destruction of...
Around 800-816 a religious sect in Abbasid Iran formed, known as the Khurramites. The Khurramites based their ideology largely on the ancient Mazdakite faith,...
Typography was invented twice: once in China and Korea and in medieval Europe. In China, printing was invented, according to some data (Julien, "Documents...