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...
The Indianization of Ancient Cambodia
In the early centuries of the Common Era (long before the unification of the Khmer Empire) the people of the Mekong Delta region “deliberately...
Employment Conditions in the Philippines Under Colonial Rule
Many parts of the world were under colonial rule, as Europe’s industrialization spread across continents during the 17th century. The Spaniards governed the Philippines...
Imelda Marcos’s Obsessions: Marcos’s Desires for Beauty and Power
Imelda Marcos's obsession with beauty and fashion has dominated her whole life. The former First Lady was called the Marie-Antoinette of the twentieth century.
She...
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...