East

The history and culture of the East from ancient empires to the present day.

Central Asia

CENTRAL ASIA: FROM EMPIRE TO SOVIET RULE

Historian Adeeb Khalid on Colonialism, Nation-Building, and the Enduring Myths That Shape Our Understanding of the Region

~ 11 min read

East

Asia Rising

Professor Kishore Mahbubani on Why the Past 200 years Are a Historical Aberration

~ 5 min read

East

The Byzantine Wives of Mongol Khans

The Story of How Women Saved an Empire

~ 14 min read

BYZANTIUM AND THE TURKS: THE FALL AND RISE OF CIVILIZATIONS

Lecture 1. Byzantium and the Turks: An Introduction

~ 19 min read

BYZANTIUM AND THE TURKS: THE FALL AND RISE OF CIVILIZATIONS

Lecture 2: First Encounters

~ 27 min read

BYZANTIUM AND THE TURKS: THE FALL AND RISE OF CIVILIZATIONS

Lecture 3: Pechenegs

~ 22 min read

BYZANTIUM AND THE TURKS: THE FALL AND RISE OF CIVILIZATIONS

Lecture 4: Polovtsians

~ 13 min read

BYZANTIUM AND THE TURKS: THE FALL AND RISE OF CIVILIZATIONS

Lecture 5. Тhe Seljuk Invasion of Anatolia

~ 22 min read

BYZANTIUM AND THE TURKS: THE FALL AND RISE OF CIVILIZATIONS

Lecture 6: The Seljuk Breakthrough

~ 22 min read

BYZANTIUM AND THE TURKS: THE FALL AND RISE OF CIVILIZATIONS

Lecture 7: The Decline of the Byzantine Empire

~ 25 min read

BYZANTIUM AND THE TURKS: THE FALL AND RISE OF CIVILIZATIONS

Lecture 8. The Fall of the Empire

~ 22 min read

CENTRAL ASIA: FROM EMPIRE TO SOVIET RULE

Historian Adeeb Khalid on Colonialism, Nation-Building, and the Enduring Myths That Shape Our Understanding of the Region

~ 11 min read

East

THE GREAT GAME IN SIBERIA

How the Russian Ambassador Met Chinggisid Envoys in the Seventeenth Century

~ 13 min read

East

HOW THE BRITISH DREW BORDERS

Mandated Territories in the Middle East

~ 18 min read

East

SUPERNATURAL KOREA

How to Console a Dead Virgin

~ 11 min read

East

DAMASCUS IN ELEVEN DAYS

How Syria Became the Epicenter of Global Conflict

~ 6 min read

East

HOW A STEPPE PRINCESS SAVED GEORGIA

The True Story of Turandot

~ 6 min read

East

THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA

A useless long-term project or an ingenious defensive fortification?

~ 7 min read

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East

SLAVES, MUMMIES, AND THE STARS

The Myths of the Egyptian Pyramids

~ 8 min read

East

THE DAY OF THE RED SNAKE

A Journey into the Complex World of Mongolian Astrology

~ 15 min read

Art

GREAT DIRECTORS OF THE EAST

Issue 3: Kim Ki-duk

~ 36 min read