In 1335, the Mongol khanate in Persia collapsed; in the 1330s and 1340s the plague swept across Eurasia; and in 1368 the Mongol realm in China, known as the Yuan Empire, fell. Even though contact ...

The Roman Empire has never ceased to fascinate the world, even after the fall of its western half 1½ millennia ago. And with ...

From ancient conquests of land, agricultural products, and trade routes to modern geopolitical struggles for natural gas, oil, and minerals, the control over resources has shaped global politics and ...

The Buddhist deities depicted here have round faces, thick lips, deep-set eyes and high-bridged noses. Their physiques are ...

The legendary conqueror Genghis Khan (Chinggis Khaan) laid the foundations of the Mongol Empire and remains one ... is rightly synonymous with bloody conquest, Genghis Khan, whose impressive ...

Empires / states that occupied Cyprus include Assyria, Egypt, Persia, Greek Ptolemaic Egypt, Rome, Arab caliphates, France, Venice, Mongol Ottoman ... the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus.

Last weekend, the United States vacated the post of leader of the free world. Supporters of democracy the world over watching in disbelief as the US President and Vice-President berated, belittled ...

ever-changing web of informal trading routes across the vast Eurasian landmass that evolved over more than a millennium of empire and invasion, destruction and rebuilding. I was curious if I would ...

Over the centuries, the global order has shifted at regular intervals. With the rise of Third World powers, the post-Cold War ...