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A Gateway on the Silk Road Kars, the Historic Crossroads Kars, a city with roots tracing back to the Bulgarian Turks of the “Valatur” tribe, holds...

Architectural Marvel of 1153 Constructed in 1153 by the Vizier of Saltuk Sultan Malik Izzeddin Salduk Firuz Akay, Kars Castle stands proudly on a steep...

16. So much then for the brothers. Let us return to the emperor. For some time he treated Zoe with marked consideration, but that...

There was something else that he feared, too — something that further prevented him from visiting the empress. The brain-storms no longer attacked him,...

This he did, partly by the despatch of envoys, partly by bribery, partly by annual displays of military strength. Thanks to these precautions neither...

It came about like this. One day he found Michael alone, and cloaking his thoughts in periphrasis, began to address him in the following...

The Empress’s Adoption of Michael**48 and his Promotion to Caesar22.’A very easy measure,’ answered John, ‘and all ready. If our brother **49 were not...

24. What had taken place was, in reality, the beginning of mighty disasters in the future, and what was, to all appearances, the foundation...

26. Let me now give some account of this man.**50 His family, on his father’s side, was altogether insignificant and completely obscure. His father...

He was expert in the conception and planning of unlikely designs. He showed no consideration for benefactors, no gratitude to anyone for friendship or...