Baber was a member of Tamerlane's family tree. He was a Turk, but his mother was a Mongol; this explains how his dynasty came to be known as the Moguls, even though he himself was a Turk. The great...

The third Ming Emperor, known as "Yongle," was responsible for relocating the capital of China to Beijing in the early 1400s. In the year 1406, he started the building of his new capital. The Capital...

Nanjing, which is situated in the southern region of China, served as the capital of China during the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. During this time period. Emperor Zhudi, ruler of the third Ming...

The extravagant burial ceremonies and characteristic mud mounds that were prevalent throughout the Kofun period (from A.D. 250 to about A.D. 600) are likely the source of the period's name, which...

The very name "castle" brings up ideas of Europe, yet it was the Japanese who brought it into the modern era and reimagined it as a structure that combined power with elegance and grace. It is also...

In 1605, Akber passed away, and he was replaced in power by his son Selim, who assumed the title of Jehan Gir. Malik Amber, an exceptional soldier and administrator of Abyssinian ancestry, led the...