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Pericles’ agora of Athens flourished under Macedonian control. After Macedon was defeated by Rome, the Romans added to the district even before Greece was taken as a province and more so afterwards. The Roman version of the agora continued...

Join World History Encyclopedia as they chat with Kaya Şahin about his new book Peerless among Princes, the Life and Times of Sultan Süleyman, published by Oxford University Press. Kelly: Thank you so much for joining me today. It is a pleasure...

Painted picture of Persian poet Rumi (1207-1273 CE) under glass on the outside of the museum office. At Rumi's Mosque, Konya, Turkey

The former cathedral and mosque Hagia Sophia, Istanbul (formerly Constantinople). Although some historians disagree (claiming Constantine laid the foundation), Constantius II is credited with building the first of three Hagia Sophias, the...

Detail of the upper margin of the sarcophagus of the last native Egyptian pharaoh Nectanebo II showing the so-called "djed" and tyet" symbols. The djed, a pillar-like symbol, represents the backbone (spine) of Osiris, the god of the underworld...

Hagia Sophia from the Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey. First constructed 532-537 CE.

Two pages from a Qur'anc commissioned by a nursemaid to a North African Zirid ruler. It was donated to the Great Mosque of Qairawan. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

A photograph by Gertrude Bell (l. 1868-1926) of a ruined spiral minaret near the Mosque of Abu Dulaf. Taken in 1909 in Iraq. (Gertrude Bell Archive)

This marble bust, which was produced in an atelier at Byzantium, might have been part of a collection of works of art decorating the palace which was built over the Rotunda. Late 2nd century to early 3rd century CE. From the vicinity of Bodrum...

Icon of Aelia Eudocia from the church of Lips monastery (Fenari Isa Mosque), Fatih, Istanbul.