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Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade, 1095 CE

November 27, 2020

by 5 Minute History Byzantine Empire On This Day Seljuqs of Rum

Today on the 27th of November in 1095 CE, Pope Urban II declared the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont. Pope Urban seeing an opportunity to reunite the Eastern and Western churches, called for a Truce of God among the rulers of Europe and urged th ...

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Crusade of 1101, Kilij Arslan I defeats the combined Crusader armies in the Battle of Mersivan

November 15, 2020

by Sarim Ashrafi On This Day Seljuqs of Rum

Today on November 15 in 1100 CE, Pope Paschal II, the successor to Pope Urban II, preached a new Crusade at the Council of Poitiers threatening his fellow Christians with excommunication for failure to fulfill their vows. As a result, combined forces of ...

Suleiman the Magnificent

Suleiman the Magnificent, a short biogra...

September 6, 2021

Born on November 6, 1494, in the Black Sea coastal town of Trabzon (eastern Turkey), Suleiman is regarded as one of ...

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Siege and Fall of Jerusalem, June 7 R...

July 15, 2021

On July 15, 1099, the Holy city of Jerusalem was finally captured by the Crusaders after a 38-day long siege. What foll ...

Ahmet Ali Çelikten The First Black Pilot

Ahmet Ali Çelikten: The First Black Pilo...

July 10, 2021

Most of us have heard or read about the first black pilot in World War One, the African-American pilot Eugene Bullard. ...

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Map of Umayyad Caliphate at its greatest...

November 18, 2020

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Map – Ottoman Empire at the time o...

November 14, 2020

Map - Mughal Empire during the reign of Aurangzeb, 1605 CE

Map – Mughal Empire during the rei...

Disclaimer: The map shown above is not 100% accurate, r ...

Tomb of Aurangzeb

The resting place of Aurangzeb Alamgir i...

February 6, 2021

Audrey Truschke writes: "Aurangzeb exited this world mor ...

The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Mazaar (shrine) of last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar in September 2017.

Indian prime ministers visit the tomb of...

November 25, 2020

The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Mazaar ...

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The Qur’an of Sultan Baibars II, 1...

November 15, 2020

#1 In 1304 CE, Bahri Mamluk Sultan Rukn al-Din Baibars, ...