With the accession of James I and VI in 1603, Scotland was assimilated into the composite monarchy of the United... more

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In the 9th century AD, two years after the Holy Roman Empire was established in Western Christendom, another world-shaking empire... more

While in the West the legends of King Arthur were being born, a Buddhist tantric magician of immense magical powers... more

India’s transformation of the ancient world is indisputable, and tangible evidence of this can be found in the magnificent Hindu... more

Having garnered absolute power through bloody means, Empress Wu Zetian begins seeing apparitions, haunted by her violent schemes. With her... more

The inculcation of Buddhism from India as the state religion in China was enabled by the violent rise of China’s... more

It was actually India, not China, that was the greatest trading partner of the Roman Empire. During this era, it’s... more

For a millennium and a half, India was a confident exporter of its diverse civilisation, creating around it a vast... more

With Richard Nixon now in the White House and not wanting to have his presidency consumed by Vietnam like his... more