Epic World History

Averroës statue in Cordoba, Spain Abu Al-Walid Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Rushd, Ibn Rushd for short, or Averroës, as he is known to the Wes...

Avignonese Papacy The Avignonese papacy (1304–78) and the Great Schism (1378–1414) are regarded as two of the most dramatic events in th...

Al-Azhar The Fatimids established al-Azhar, one of the oldest universities in the world, in Cairo in 970. Built around a large mosque w...

Thomas Becket (Thomas à Becket) Saint Thomas Becket was the archbishop of Canterbury in England during the reign of King Henry II . He w...

kingdom of Benin Extending at its peak from the Niger River in the east to the port of Lagos on the western coast, Benin was a dynastic ...

Bantu village The Bantu people of the African continent include some 400 different ethnic groups that cover most of sub-Saharan Africa a...

Bayezid I Bayezid I was declared sultan following the death of Sultan Murad on the battlefield at Kosovo in 1389. To ensure his uncon...