After destroying the Byzantine Empire in 1453, the Ottoman Empire turned its attention toward Europe, aiming to take advantage of upheaval caused by various European conflicts. The Turks employed two ...

The Western world has never taken Islam with the full seriousness it has earned. For Christians who think that the future of the world favors movement in their direction, a study of the latent ...

This week’s "World History Minute" with historian John Schmidt goes back to 1683 for a pivotal moment in Western history - the Battle of Vienna. Schmidt is author of the book On This Day in Chicago ...

In 1683, a small contingent of heroic cavalry stand fortified against a horde of 300 thousand hardened soldiers from the Ottoman Empire who lay siege to the city of Vienna - the last stronghold ...

Four hundred years after the battles of Lepanto on October 7, 1571, and Vienna on September 11-12, 1683, these dates still rankle in the jihadist mind. For it was through these battles that the navies ...