China The Opium War, 1839-42 The use of tea, a relatively new beverage in Western culture, led to a significant expansion of the market for tea in both Europe and America throughout the eighteenth...
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Under the direction of Zahir-ud-Din Babur, the descendants of the Mongol, Turkish, Iranian, and Afghan conquerors of South Asia, known as the Mughals, entered India in the early sixteenth century....
The Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which was adopted in 1980, proclaims that "citizens enjoy freedom of worship, and may practise or not practise a religion." However, the...
During the second millennium before the common era, a number of migrations carried out by seminomads speaking an Indo-European language took occurred. These preliterate pastoralists were known as...
The history of Vietnam is one that is extensive, eventful, and intriguing. The earliest archaeological finds suggest that humans have been living there as far back as almost half a million years ago;...
It is said that Tibet, which is sometimes spelled Xizang, is the "Roof of the World." This region is very stunning, with a picture-perfect combination of verdant plains and snow-capped mountains....