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Spanning across three continents and holding dominance over the Black and Mediterranean Seas, the Ottoman Sultanate (1299-1922) was a global military superpower between the 15th and 17th centuries. From the point of its inception in 1299...

The Periplus of the Euxine Sea (Circumnavigation of the Black Sea) is a description of trade routes along the shores of the Black Sea written by Arrian of Nicomedia (Lucius Flavius Arrianus), a historian and philosopher writing in the early...

The provinces Noricum, Raetia, and Dacia served as a buffer protecting Roman Empire against any possible outside threat. However, the region posed several internal problems for Rome: Pannonia and its ally Dalmatia rebelled against Roman occupancy...

A map illustrating the state of the Russian Empire, c. 1796, during the reign of Ekaterina II Alekseyevna (born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst), commonly known as Catherine the Great. Longest ruling Russian Empress (1762 – 1796), she continued...

The Mixoparthenos (half-maiden), is a hybrid creature with a double fish-tail from the Black Sea. The limestone sculpture dates back to the 1st-2nd century CE and comes from Panticapaeum in Taurica (Crimea, Ukraine). In Herodotus' Histories...

The Palace of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia at Livadia, Yalta, Crimea, May 1918. The palace famously hosted the Yalta Conference of February 1945 where Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin discussed how to best end the...

A photograph taken in July 1942 showing the aftermath of the Siege of Sevastopol in 1941-2 during the Second World War (1939-45). The port in the Crimea was captured by Axis forces in July 1942. The vehicle is a German Sdkfz 250 half-track...

This map illustrates the rise and development of the Bosporan Kingdom (c. 480 BCE – 341 CE), a Greco-Scythian state centered on the Bosporus Cimmerius (modern Kerch Strait). Established by Greek colonists from Miletus and other poleis, the...

Map showing Ancient Greek colonies on the northern coast of the Black Sea, c. 450 BC.

The Black Death was a plague pandemic that devastated medieval Europe from 1347 to 1352. The Black Death killed an estimated 25-30 million people. The disease originated in central Asia and was taken to the Crimea by Mongol warriors and traders...