In other words, deaths and dead bodies are usually not abhorrently displayed in public in civilized societies. Of course, in ...

The early reports by the monks John of Plano Carpini (an Italian), Simon of Saint-Quentin (a Frenchman), and Rubruck describe everything from Mongol law and religion to dress and battle tactics.

Known as the Taghbach, this group migrated south from the Mongolian steppe and ruled ... time of the reign of the Northern Wei empire, both Taghbah and Chinese cultures had become deeply familiar with ...

In sixth-century China, a woman known to history as Empress Dowager Ling ruled over an empire called the Northern Wei.

Known as the Taghbach, this group migrated south from the Mongolian ... the Northern Wei empire, both Taghbah and Chinese cultures had become deeply familiar with Buddhism, a religion that they ...

The Romans also saw their value and spread them throughout their empire. Persian traders helped ... Spices, ideas, religions, and, yes, even animals moved through the Silk Road that connected ...

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

They were allowed to practice their religions in peace and were subject ... the successors of the mighty Mongol Empire. As ...

He says that, up to mid-twentieth century, Christian and Moslem Cypriots respected each other’s religion. Yet the Mongol Turks for ... would protect the Ottoman empire from Russia.