Peerless hero Genghis Khan (Temujin, 1162-1227) was born of the Mongol tribes. An outstanding strategist and statesman, he was known as Emperor Tai Zu, founding emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. The ...

This volume deals with four non-Chinese regimes: the Khitan dynasty of Liao; the Tangut state of Hsi Hsia; the Jurchen empire of Chin; and the Mongolian Yuan dynasty that eventually engulfed the whole ...

But a crucial distinction must be made: America was a nation in 1776; today she is an empire. Therefore, one could ask: do empires have lifespans? Fortunately, the British Army officer and scholar ...

What’s more, the empire started through violence and depended on force. Emperors could only survive if their people believed they could outgun anyone and everyone else. If an army grew ...

Özdemir, Şükrü 2024. Biran, M. & Kim, H. (Eds.). The Cambridge History of the Mongol Empire. Vol. I: History (pp. xxi+876); Vol. II: Sources (pp. 613). Cambridge ...

Much of Attila’s infamy comes from his relentless campaign westward into Europe where he pillaged the riches of the Roman Empire. But he was stopped by a confederation of Roman soldiers and ...

This novel is set against the backdrop of the Victorian Empire. The treasure that is stolen repeatedly through the novel comes from India, which at the time of the story was under British rule.

They’re the Romans of the insect world. All this we can surmise simply by taking in the beautiful visuals and the optional dialogs Empire of the Ants provides – it’s a game teeming with cool ...

In Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, Ken Burns examines the lives of three extraordinary men who shared the primary responsibility for this invention and its early success, and whose ...

The foremost of these conquerors was the fearsome Mongol Genghis Khan, and the empire he established (extant from 1206 to ...

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The Mughal Empire ruled over most of modern India, Pakistan and Afghanistan in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. In the early 16th century, a warrior prince named Babur marched east from central ...