The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II with the dual goals of conquering the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land and freeing the Eastern Christians from Islamic rule...
The Battle of Hastings was the decisive Norman victory in the Norman Conquest of England. The battle took place at Senlac Hill, approximately 6 miles north-west of Hastings, on which an...
The Battle of Clontarf took place on Good Friday in 1014 between the forces of Brian Boru and the forces led by the King of Leinster, Máel Mórda mac Murchada: composed...
The Norman conquest of England began in 1066 AD with the invasion of the Kingdom of England by the troops of William, Duke of Normandy , and his victory at the Battle of Hastings....
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms was an era of political upheaval in China, beginning in the Tang Dynasty and ending...
The Tang Dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten...
Viking Age is the term for the period in European history, especially Northern European and Scandinavian history, spanning the 8th to 11th centuries. Scandinavian Vikings explored Europe by...
The Ngô Dynasty was a dynasty in Vietnam. Around the year 930 AD, as Ngô Quyền rose to power, northern Vietnam was a province and vassal state of China and...
The Third Chinese domination of Vietnam saw two Chinese imperial dynasties rule over the Chinese controlled region of Chiaozhou (交州, Vietnamese: Giao Châu; an area of northern Vietnam...
Archaeological exploration of the Pre-Islamic period of Afghanistan began in Afghanistan in earnest after World War II and proceeded until the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan disrupted it in...
The Revolt against Heraclius was a Jewish insurrection against the Byzantine Empire coming into aid of the Persian invaders. The Jews of Palestine joined Persia in a revolt against Emperor...
The Battle of Tours , also called the Battle of Poitiers and in Arabic: معركة بلاط الشهداء Battle of Court of The Martyrs, was fought in an area between...
The Siege of Jerusalem took place from June 7 to July 15, 1099 during the First Crusade. The Crusaders stormed and captured the city from Fatimid Egypt. After the successful siege of Antioch...