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With entrances from the north, northeast, and northwest, Smbataberd Fortress, in what is present-day Armenia, was a strategic fortress high in the mountains. Used from the 5th-17th centuries, Smbataberd Fortress was used by the medieval princes...

The interior of a traditional yurt or ger tent. Made from wool felt stretched over a wooden frame, the tents were used by nomadic Asian steppe peoples like the Mongols.

Before Amberd Fortress was constructed in the 7th century CE, Stone Age peoples, the Urartians, and even the Romans used and understood the location's strategic advantages, lying at the intersection of the Amberd River and the Arkashen River...

Noravank Monastery dates from the 13th-century CE, and it is located near the town of Yeghegnadzor, Armenia within a gorge caused by the Amaghu River. The gorge is well-known for its brick-red cliffs, which lie directly across from the monastery...

Amberd Fortress, in the Aragatsotn province of Armenia, has a long and rich history. Its name translates as "fortress in the clouds" in Armenian, and it sits along the slopes of Mount Aragats at an altitude of 2300 m (7546 ft). Its strategic...

The Mamluks under Baibars (yellow) fought off the Franks and the Mongols during the Ninth Crusade.

Noravank Monastery dates from the 13th-century CE, and it is located near the town of Yeghegnadzor, Armenia within a deep gorge caused by the Amaghu River. This gorge helped Noravank Monastery protect itself from foreign invaders, including...

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...

The medieval period of Japan is considered by most historians to stretch from 1185 to 1603 CE. Stand out features of the period include the replacement of the aristocracy by the samurai class as the most powerful social group, the establishment...

Caliphate (“Khilafat” in Arabic) was a semi-religious political system of governance in Islam, in which the territories of the Islamic empire in the Middle East and North Africa and the people within were ruled by a supreme leader called...