The Ottoman Empire, which at the time this map was drawn included much of the Balkans and the Middle East, used a version of the Turkish language written in a slightly modified Arabic script.

Covers the full history of the Ottoman Empire, from its genesis in post-Mongol Eurasia, to its dissolution after the First World War in Europe Takes a holistic approach, emphasizing the Ottoman ...

Despite heavy Israeli pressure, President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France will formally recognise the state of ...

More than a century after the guns went silent, The World in Maps is highlighting the human cost of World War I. Marked in ...

World War I involved 32 nations from 1914 to 1919. It redrew the world map and reshaped many borders in Europe. The collapse of the Russian Empire created Poland, the Baltics, and Finland.