Often confused with Mongols, Tatars were a different ethnic group inhabiting the Steppes. They have an interesting history. Read on.. Introduction The Tatars …
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Afghanistan is going through a tumultuous period in its history right now This beautiful land has been the centre of great culture and …
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If you want to know, what is a caravanserai and what was it used for, read on.. The Silk Road was a network …
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The river served as a major trade route in the 9th and 10th century and lost it importance by the 11th century 1. …
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By the 8th century, the Islamic empire covered an area larger than the Roman empire at its height. Unrest had been brewing up …
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Imagine the academic repute of the city where Panini, the great Indian Sanskrit Grammarian and Chanakya, the Prime Minister of the founder of …
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The role of women in history and shaping civilizations is often neglected or sidelined. That’s what may have led Virginia Woolf to say ‘For most of history, Anonymous was a …
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According to Ibn Arabshah, Ibn Khaldun, the illustrious scholar and Timur, the founder of the Timurid empire met in 1401 AD at Damascus. There are different versions of this meeting …
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The kingdom of Khotan which had its origins in the 3rd and 2nd century BC existed in the region which is today in Western China. Khotan was on the Southern …
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The city of Samarkand (in present day Uzbekistan) needs no introduction. The ancients called the area that is today Uzbekistan as Transoxiana i.e. Central Asia north of the river Oxus, …
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Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama more than 2500 years ago in India. Although born as a prince, Siddhartha Gautama (later known as Buddha) renounced his luxurious lifestyle after seeing …