"Despite military threats and external aggression, the ultimate downfall came from within." In this article, Professor Ashot Nersisyan chronicles the history of the First Armenian Republic, from its inception in 1918 to its downfall in 1920.
Anatolia is home to multiple obscure and lesser known languages. One of them is Galatian: a language spoken in central Anatolia between the 3rd century BCE and the 1st century CE by the Celts who migrated from Europe. This article will focus mainly on the linguistic aspects of Galatian.
Herodotos' has been regarded by some as the source of Western Orientalism, a set of views which regards the "Oriental", and in particular the Persian, as inferior. This article wishes to set the record straight and find out Herodotos' actual views about the Persians
In this article, Professor Idriz introduces us to the intriguing history and functioning of the hammām in Muslim society, whose use dates all the way back to Umayyad times.
One of the most vital and treacherous segments of the Silk Road extended from the western rim of the Taklamakan Desert to the eastern capital of Chang’an (modern-day Xi’an). Crossing harsh deserts, fertile oases, and military outposts, this route encapsulated the complexity and endurance of Silk Road exchanges. The movement of goods such as silk, wool, indigo, paper, and porcelain between empires was accompanied by the transmission of religious philosophies, artistic motifs, and technical know-how—much of which survives today in the archaeological record.
The complexity of the scribal art in Ancient Mesopotamia necessitated the emergence of specialised institutions devoted entirely to the teaching of cuneiform to the next generation. This article aims to shed light on these schools, focusing on the Old Babylonian period (2000–1600 BCE), which is best represented in our archaeological and written source material. How did they function? What were they like?
In this essay, Prof. Dr. Mesut Idriz outlines the necessity of, and practical steps toward, establishing a Global Silk Road University and a Global Silk Road Library.
In this piece, our linguistic specialist Rik Verachtert takes a look at the Greek term for barbarian, what it actually means, and whether it carried any negative connotations.
This article aims to highlight one factor that played a crucial role in the extraordinary expansion of the Assyrian Empire: its army. For roughly three centuries, the Assyrian monarchs commanded a military force that had no equal. Praised for its effectiveness and lamented for its cruelty, this formidable army left a lasting mark on military history unlike any other from the ancient Near East.
This paper seeks to illuminate the prevailing conditions in fourteenth-century Macedonia through a focused case study. While Veria is not an isolated example, it offers a particularly illustrative case, given that local historiography frequently debates the date of its conquest by the Ottomans, often without adequate consideration of the broader historical context.
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