Beyond the romanticised imagery lies a complex narrative, revealing the term’s true origins, historical misperceptions and its contemporary implications in a ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 25th edition of Jahan-e-Khusrau in Delhi, praising the Sufi tradition and Amir ...

The Unification of the Mongol State – The Conquests and Massacres of the Mongols – An Evaluation of the Life and Actions of the Illiterate Genghis Khan ...

When I was young, I never liked history in school. It was always a dry topic, capped off by having to remember a string of names and dates of things that I wasn’t interested in anyway.

Shlomo Sand, a historian at Tel Aviv University, boldly challenges the very foundation of Israel’s national ideology in his ...

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

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In December 2009, Cambodia deported 20 Uyghur asylum-seekers back to China. Last December, in the first word about them in 15 years, a relative of one of the detainees in Turkey revealed to Radio Free ...

While history remembers Genghis Khan for his ruthless conquests – he was, after all, responsible for the deaths of millions – ...