The Epirus Riviera, is undoubtedly one of these magnificent places, offering amazing beaches, crystal clear waters and secret ...

The Pittsburgh Pirates made a change at the helm on Thursday, relieving Derek Shelton of his managerial duties more than a month into a chaotic season. The Pirates fell to 12-26 following a one ...

After winning just 12 of their first 38 games, the Pittsburgh Pirates have fired manager Derek Shelton. Shelton, who was in his sixth year as the Pirates' skipper, is the first manager to be fired ...

The notorious pirate, Barbarossa, who eventually went on to be an admiral in the Ottoman Navy, was surprisingly half Greek. As a pirate, he was extremely successful, and his many victories for the ...

On The Great Siege of Malta, by Marcus Bull. Clashing civilizations, rival great powers, cutting-edge technology: we have been here before, as Marcus Bull, a professor at the University of North ...

Many other countries in Europe had similar anti-Semitic bans. However, across the sea, North Africa and the Ottoman Empire's relatively lax laws that were religiously inclusive allowed people to ...

Add to that the public presence of diverse religions and it sounds like 2025, but this was life in the Ottoman Empire 200 years ago. Yet this seeming tolerance of non-Muslim faiths was in fact ...

the new nation confronted a threat from the Ottoman provinces of Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli. Beginning in 1784, raiders from these statelets along the Barbary coast, known as the Barbary Pirates ...

He places the 1565 siege in the wider context of the great-power rivalry between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburgs along with their proxies, the Mediterranean corsairs. The sultan’s state-sponsored ...

This digging found mention of new civilizations like the Ottomans, Maori, Tonga, Iceland, and Pirate Republic; leaders Edward “Blackbeard” Teach, Sayyida al-Hurra, and Whina Cooper ...

Many sought refuge in places like Jamaica, the Netherlands, and the Ottoman Empire, Greenland Voters Reject Trump in Favor of Independence Possibility of All-SEC Men’s Final Four Will Have to Go ...

Show more In a swashbuckling tale of perilous pirates, Ottoman eunuchs, and English heroism, Ben Cottam unearths the story of the craftsman behind one of the most famous organs in the world.