West

The world of the West through the prism of history and culture, intellectual and artistic breakthroughs, political ideologies and the transformation of society.

Kazakhstan

BUTTER, COPPER, AND A CRUMBLING EMPIRE

British Encounters with Early Industrialization in the Kazakh Steppe

~ 15 min read

Kazakhstan

A MISSION TO THE STEPPE

John Castle’s Ride to Abulkhayir Khan

~ 16 min read

West

Changing the Game

From the West to the Rest: A Professor from the London School of Economics on the New Global Order

~ 13 min read

Central Asia

SLAVE OR ROYAL AMBASSADOR?

The Story of Aru Sultan, Who Revolutionized Fashion in London

~ 17 min read

People

3 HUMAN SPECIES, OF WHICH ONE SURVIVED

Lecture 4: How the genes of extinct people affect us

~ 13 min read

People

3 HUMAN SPECIES, OF WHICH ONE SURVIVED

Lecture 3. The Earliest Homo Sapiens

~ 18 min read

People

3 HUMAN SPECIES, OF WHICH ONE SURVIVED

Lecture 2: The New People - Denisovans

~ 19 min read

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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE TEMPLARS

Monks, Knights, Sorcerers, Bankers, and Sodomites

~ 24 min read

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THE PERSECUTIONS OF THE JEWS AND MUSLIMS IN THE WEST

Lecture 5. The Roots of European Intolerance

~ 8 min read

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THE PERSECUTIONS OF THE JEWS AND MUSLIM IN THE WEST

Lecture 4. Infidel Love: Brothels, Tortures, and Romantic Affairs

~ 26 min read

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THE PERSECUTIONS OF THE JEWS AND MUSLIMS IN THE WEST

Lecture 3. The Ghetto: Prison or Shelter

~ 18 min read

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THE PERSECUTIONS OF THE JEWS AND MUSLIMS IN THE WEST

Lecture 2. Payots, Beards, Turbans, and Other Ways to Distinguish Infidels

~ 20 min read