After China’s Han dynasty disintegrated in the early third century CE, a succession of warlords became emperor wannabes, but their rules were short lived. Turkic-speaking
A lot of people have heard of Nanjing because of the massacre in 1937-8. But the city has a rich history that goes back
Many people in the Roman Empire by first century CE were looking to metaphysical realms for meaning and well-being. Its magnificent forums left a lot
She can be sweet or cruel depending on her mood. That’s a pretty capricious goddess to place in the center of the universe, but this
Most ancient Greeks saw the world in ways that reflected their intimate city-states. Most of their views were human-scale and proportioned. Romans in their early
Cambodia has so many ancient Khmer temples and so much natural beauty that they will always give you new things to see. But it also has
The Khmers knew how to start with a big bang. The temple on Phnom Krom was built by an early Khmer king, Yasovarman I or
Yunnan’s Erhai Lake has been multicultural for centuries. It was the center of the fabled Nan Chao kingdom, which presided over much of northern
Islam and China have created vastly underappreciated cultural fusions. Islam was introduced to China in the Tang Dynasty through ports of the southeastern coastal
The old town of Chiang Saen presides at a historic place on the Mekong–many ancestors of the Thai people crossed into this area when they migrated from