World History
Dance of Death
Frau Troffea dabbed the sweat and dirt off her brow with her forearm, tilting her face toward the sky with a heavy sigh. Even for the peak of summer, the bone dry July air was unusually hot. Her small village of Strasbourg had not seen a drop of rain since the first of June 1517, which was over a year ago; the Rhine was the lowest it had been since she was a child, only adding onto the strife her village had suffered in recent years. Last year's crops were quite small, no thanks to a strange black bile that rendered most of it inedible. Abbé Henri - the village priest - declared that it was cursed by St. Vitus for the sins Strasbourg had committed. What those sins were, however, no one was quite sure.
By Natalie Gray8 months ago in History
The 300-Year Lie
Berlin, Germany – Autumn, 2025 It started with a manuscript. Dusty, brittle, and bound in cracked oxblood leather, it lay forgotten in the cellar archives of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. It wasn’t even catalogued. No record, no barcode, not even a penciled call number. It had simply appeared on a forgotten cart between two broken file cabinets, as if it wanted to be found.
By Dagmar Goeschick8 months ago in History
"The Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Caliphate"
History of Khilafat-e-Usmania (Ottoman Caliphate) The Khilafat-e-Usmania, or the Ottoman Caliphate, was the last widely recognized Islamic Caliphate and one of the most enduring empires in world history. Established at the dawn of the 14th century, it lasted over 600 years, exerting tremendous influence across Europe, Asia, and Africa. It began as a small principality in Anatolia under Osman I, and by the 16th century, it had evolved into a global empire and the political center of the Muslim world.
By Haris khan8 months ago in History
