Tugunbulak and Tashbulak, in the mountains of Uzbekistan, were bustling medieval centers of Silk Road trade between China, Arabia and Europe. Researchers have now mapped the cities using drone-borne ...

Though its route through Central Asia remains elusive, two German researchers believe they have discovered how — and why — ...

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 ...

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 ...

Medieval image shows King Louis IX dispatching William of Rubruck on a mission to the Mongols in 1253. UVic medievalists are planning a bold step out of Western Europe, with its kings, knights and ...

Dominic Steavu is an assistant professor in UCSB’s Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies and Department of Religious Studies. (Sonia Fernandez / UCSB photo) When the Medieval History ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. One of my favourite maps of medieval Asia traces the routes taken by three travellers — Giovanni da Pian del ...

For the past five years, many parts of southern India have been hit by drought. Rivers have been drying up and urbanisation is threatening traditional sources of water. But, as Sanjoy Majumder ...

The study of great powers and great power rivalry has recently gained increased prominence particularly because the world today seems to be moving away from being dominated by a single power or ...