Movies: Ian Cross

For nearly 800 years the Moors ruled in Granada. And for nearly as long in a wider territory of that became known as Moorish Spain or Al Andalus. We explore the rich architectural legacy of the Moors, the dynasties that built an empire, and what they...

The Venetian and Ottoman empires competed for centuries over the island of Crete - a power struggle that has continuing repercussions today....

In 1814, it seemed that twenty five years of war in Europe was finally coming to an end with the surrender of the Emperor Napoleon and his banishment to the Mediterranean island of Elba....