On the Golden Eagle train in Central Asia, writer Maggie Shipstead follows the historic Silk Road and witnesses, in some ...

The modern world’s pet cats are products of a long process of domestication and trade. It began some 10,000 years ago in modern-day Turkey, when Anatolians tamed and befriended Near Eastern wildcats.

While green and fruit teas are also enjoyed in Kazakhstan, black tea remains the cultural favorite. Over centuries, tea has ...

With U.S. aid diminished, it seems unlikely that China will fill the gap. Beijing favors investments in infrastructure over ...

Nowruz is a rite dating back to the 6th century BCE, marking the ushering in of spring and the new year. Variously known as ...

Kazakhstan. The Dhzankent cat is the oldest-known domestic cat along the Silk Road, offering tantalizing clues about the origins of domestic cats in China. The Silk Road's heyday lasted between A ...