Ottoman Empire

The story of a Russian slave who used the harem as a springboard to power in the Ottoman Empire.

Apr 16, 2009 - Inka Piegsa-Quischotte

A key shaper of today's Iraq was a powerful British woman who knew the value of Iraqi oil and advised Winston Churchill not to give power to the Shiites.

Jul 2, 2008 - Rosemary E. Bachelor

On April 24, 1915, in Constantinople, the Young Turks began the ethnic cleansing, or genocide, of the Turkish Armenian population.

Apr 6, 2007 - Debbie Kwiatoski