The medieval Mongol archive, dating from the 13th century, had a profound influence on French maps and exploration.

While Mongolia has made significant progress since ... Projects and programs tackling these issues, including religious freedom, human trafficking, freedom of expression, and rural civic space ...

The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a ...

Writing in the state-run Global Times, Zhu stated that the succession “is first and foremost an important political matter”, ...

In sixth-century China, a woman known to history as Empress Dowager Ling ruled over an empire called the Northern Wei.

Prologue An Orphic hymn says that Kypris, Aphrodite of Cyprus, was the “scheming mother of necessity.” She controlled and ...

In the Dalai Lama’s new memoir, Voice for the Voiceless, the spiritual leader directly addresses Tibet’s struggle for ...

Mongol troops may have spread the infection ... Green, an independent scholar, looked at more than a dozen pre-1348 chronicles, religious and medical texts from the region. Their work builds ...

Teaching world history often feels like trying to pour the ocean into a teacup. Its vast scope and complexity can overwhelm both students and educators, reducing the subject to a fragmented parade of ...

These accomplishments earned Temüjin the title of Genghis Khan - the “universal ruler.”While his name today is rightly ...

China is denying the U.S. Justice Department’s accusations against 12 Chinese nationals charged in connection with global ...

Festivities are under way for Nowruz, popularly known as the Persian New Year. Believed to have been celebrated for more than ...