Geography, demographics, religion, technology, and a state’s institutions determined why certain states exercised power and how different regions developed the way that they did.

Once a crucial caravan stop on the Silk Road, Khiva is one of Central Asia’s best-preserved medieval settlements. The Uzbek ...

Even if medieval Indian kings didn’t control the entire subcontinent, the region’s wealth and population helped them impact world events. Procession on the occasion of a Durbar (audience) of the Mogul ...

The excavation, launched in July under the initiative of Rustavi City Hall, focuses on exploring the remains of a medieval palace dating back to the 9th-12th centuries within the fortress complex, ...

Two high-altitude, medieval cities built by mobile herders along Silk Road trade routes in Central Asia have been hiding in plain sight — until now. Mountainous regions typically have been seen as ...

The Great Wall of China is the best-known strip of fortifications in East Asia, if not the world. But just a few days’ horse ride away lies the remnants of a long-forgotten wall system that once ...

Colors and Color Symbolism in Ancient China -- Colors and Color Symbolism in Early Chinese Ritual Art : Red and Black and the Formation of the Five Colors System / Guolong Lai -- Tomb and Grotto ...

VALPARAISO | Valparaiso University's Chinese and Japanese Studies Program will present "Robes and Honor," a program exploring the ceremonial presentation of luxury garments to those honored by a king ...

Part I: Introductions. Medieval Buddhists and Their Environments / Jason Protass and Jeffrey Moser ; Contextualizing the Relationship between Nature and Culture in East Asian Buddhism / James Robson - ...

The first-ever use of cutting-edge drone-based lidar in Central Asia allowed archaeologists to capture stunning details of two newly documented trade cities high in the mountains of Uzbekistan. A team ...