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 Movers and Shakers of the Mongolian Empire : The Women !
by nousheenkhanby nousheenkhanThe 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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Samarkand – The Rich, Fertile City (Part II : Islamic Era)
by nousheenkhanby nousheenkhanThe birth of a new religion, Islam, in the 7th century paved the way for a transitional period in the mid-eighth century for South-West Central Asia. It began with the …
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Samarkand – The Rich, Fertile City (Part I: Pre-Islamic Era)
by nousheenkhanby nousheenkhanThe 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 …