An Osaka Metropolitan University historian has found that the Ottoman Empire’s seeming religious tolerance stemmed from suspicions of non-Muslim ...

Population surveillance. The carrying of identification while traveling. Add to that the public presence of diverse religions and it sounds like 2025 ...

During the Armenian Genocide in the early 20th century, the Yazidi community played a crucial but often overlooked role in ...

By looking at the shift in the balance of power, the author explains the potential geopolitical risk if Iraq walks away from ...

The battle began on March 18, 1915, when the British and French navies launched a large-scale naval assault to seize control ...

The Greek War of Independence that begun in 1821 is full of memorable events, most of them bloody battles and heroic feats.

This talk examines the social history of oriental carpets, particularly the production and circulation of carpets by Armenians in the Ottoman Empire and beyond. It discusses the central role of mass ...

Europe and Russia's shifting stances during the Greek War of Independence and their influential roles in the conflict's ...

What can Indian and Pakistani press archives, government records and memoirs tell us about the Middle East of the 1920s and ...

Here’s a look at Kurdish people. Kurds do not have an official homeland or country. Most reside within countries in the Middle East including northern Iraq, eastern Turkey, western Iran and small ...