Sultan Mehmed V (1844-1918) was ruler of the Ottoman Empire for almost the entire duration of WW1. From the 14th Century to the 20th Century, the Ottoman Empire, centred in modern-day Turkey ...

But the end of the Roman Empire is way more complicated than that ... and some - though this is a massive stretch - claim that it was actually World War 1 that finally did the Romans in.

For centuries the Egyptians had been part of the Turkish Empire, ruled by the fiercest warriors in the Middle East — the Mamelukes. Remarkable for their courage, pride, and cruelty, the ...

The German, Ottoman, Russian and Austro-Hungarian Empires collapsed and were replaced ... the fallen soldiers who gave their lives during WW1. Another is also held at 11am on Remembrance Sunday.

Following the revolution WW1 was largely forgotten, and dismissed by the Soviets as an “imperialist” battle. Around 1.7 million soldiers fighting for the Russian Empire died in the conflict ...

The certificate also raises the idea of Empire and how great powers see themselves. Commissioned during the height of British Imperial power this picture represents a powerful Britannia being ...