Despite its Parthian ties, Osroene gradually came under increasing Roman influence. In 114 CE, it was absorbed into the Roman ...

But there is no substitute for walking around the city, which is endlessly fascinating. Another relatively obscure attraction ...

Alexander the Great's siege of the island city of Tyre used all the innovation and cunning worthy of a conqueror still known ...

Israel’s willingness to act decisively and preemptively is sometimes misunderstood by outsiders but rarely questioned within ...

The 7th century C.E. Arab and Arabized conquerors later had the audacity, as is occurring right up to present times, to ...