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Tigranes the Great (95–55 BC) – King of Armenia

Tigranes II the Great 140 BC - 55 BC was the king of Great Armenia, a great commander, and conqueror of the Hellenistic era,...

East Germanic Tribe – The Gepids

The Gepids was an ancient Germanic tribe, akin to the Goths. According to the Geography of Ptolemy, Gepids lived among the Baltic tribes, on...

The Portuguese Colonial Empire

The Portuguese Empire is a collection of overseas territories that were colonized by the Portuguese from  the 15th to the 20th century. The precondition...

Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–17)

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...

The Great Migration Period

The great migration is a conditional name for the ethnic change in Europe in the 4th-7th century, mainly from the periphery of the Roman...

The History of the Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517)

The Mamluk Sultanate was a medieval feudal state in the Middle East, which existed from 1250 to 1517. The sultanate was formed as a...

Henry VI, the King of Germany, and Holy Roman Emperor

Henry VI (German Heinrich VI) was the King of Germany from 1169, the Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 and the King of Sicily since...

History of The Kingdom of Sicily (1130 -1861)

The Kingdom of Sicily existed in the south of modern Italy from 1130 to 1861. It included the actual island of Sicily, and also,...

The History of the Fatimid Caliphate (909–1171)

The Fatimid caliphate 909-1171 was a medieval Shiite Arab state centered in Cairo from 972. In the era of its power, the Fatimid caliphate...

History of the Emirate of Sicily

The Sicilian emirate was a Muslim state that controlled the entire island of Sicily from 965 to 1072. The Muslim community remained on the...

Battle of Talas 751 CE – Clash Between the Arab Abbasid and Chinese Empire

The battle on the Talas River was a very important historical battle that occurred in July, 751 on the Talas River (presumably in the...

The Khurramites and The Rebellion of Babak Khorramdin

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,...

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