What Did Genghis Khan Eat?: The Cuisine of the Mongol Conquerors
Kublai Khan famously said that meat was suitable for men and vegetables for animals. Yet he himself enjoyed vegetable crepes. What else did the...
Vietnam Declares Independence: September 2, 1945
Vietnam lost her independence on August 25, 1883, after decades of resistance to Europeans, when the court at Hue recognized French protectorate in Tonkin...
Oz’s Batavia Shipwreck slaughter: The dark tale of a mad Dutchman on the Houtman-Abrolhos...
Whilst Captain Cook is the man credited with discovering Australia, the Englishman was merely following up on the explorations of others. It is thought...
The Cawnpore Massacre 1857
The horrific massacre of European men, women, and children during the Indian Mutiny represented the worst aspects of warfare and provoked fierce reprisals.
Cawnpore, modern...
Avicenna
"Medicine is a science from which one learns the states of the human body with respect to what is healthy and what is not,...
The Ho Chi Minh Enigma: Mysteries Surround Vietnam’s Great Freedom Fighter
The private lives of few of the twentieth century’s leading political figures is as mysterious as that of Ho Chi Minh. The stick-thin ascetic...
The Tai Ahom Kingdom of Assam
Tai peoples had been migrating southwards from southern China in large numbers from at least as early as the C7th CE and possibly earlier....
Jainism: An ancient religion of India
Jainism is a religion that arose in ancient India. The followers of Jainism are called the Jains. The Jains follow the teachings of the...
Vietnam’s Path to Independence: Another Southeast Asian Nation Sheds Colonial Rule
Despite Vietnam's declaration of independence after World War II, it was thirty years later before it was finally free of foreign influence upon reunification...
The Trung Sisters and Vietnam’s First Resistance
Attempts by the Han Chinese to control or at least dominate Vietnam have been taking place for some 2,000 years. Vietnam offers a gateway...