African kingdoms actively participated in and profited from the slave trade.Barbary pirates enslaved over a million Europeans in Mediterranean raids.

The Greek Hero Betrayed on the Acropolis Commemorating the 200th anniversary of Odysseas Androutsos' murder on June 5, 1825, ...

A Healthy Nation? IN ancient Greece, slaves were forbidden from exercising so they didn’t get strong enough to revolt. Roman ...

Constantinople fell, and Emperor Constantine XI’s sacrifice marked the end of an era and a legacy of faith and defiance.

The book pushes back on stereotypes of Muslim women being oppressed and subservient, and instead highlights stories of ...

The remarkable legacy of Saint John the Russian continues to thrive in Greece, where his revered relics are enshrined in a ...

America’s wars provide an interesting perspective, and perhaps even a relevant paradigm for Israel. Take Texas, for example.

Despite an abundance of plot strands and characters, Anderson’s latest drills down into the father-daughter relationship ...

Taxation has shaped civilisation from ancient Mesopotamia to modern Australia. Understanding its long history sheds light on ...

This ideology accuses countries like the United States, Canada, Australia, and Israel of an ongoing genocide. The adherents had to perform some intellectual contortions and prevarications to make that ...

A prominent Turkish TV host has highlighted Iran’s rich culture, haling Iranian women’s diverse and significant roles in society.

Cape Town Opera delivers a superb production of one of opera’s true classics, Aida. This production reimagines the setting in an African futurist time and landscape.