Emergence of the Nation. The creation of the independent nation represents the triumph of ethnic and cultural politics. The region that is now Bangladesh has been part of a number of important political entities, including Indian empires, Buddhist kingdoms, the Moghul empire, the British empire ...
‘Central Asia perceived of itself as Turkestan before 1917. Then Moscow promoted the emergence of separate identities and eventually separate nations so that today one conceives of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan’ (McCauley, 2002: xviii). ...
Bangladesh at fifty (1971-2021)–celebrating the special anniversary through learning a part of our long history (1500-2000) (Sixty-domed Mosque, Bagerhat, mid-15th Century, by Khan Jahan Ali– an example of what happened during the century before the 16th Century, the focus of this initiativ...
The Greeks advanced their phalanx (a wall of shields & spears) slowly until they came within range of the Persian archers, when they broke into a run. The arrows were ineffective at close range compared to the Greek spears. Soon they retreated, but the Greeks ran them down them from ...
We would often discuss the history of the Sub-continent, from the colonial period through the violent partitions and their lingering effects. Imtiaz’s memories stretched a generation before mine and he vividly recalled the birth of Bangladesh in violence, the assassination of Sheikh Mujib-Ur-...
At any rate, both practices appeared in the earliest archaic states, which were characterized by the emergence of property classes and hierarchies. One source I have notes that in early Sumer, a man was required to pay a brideprice to the girl’s father. And the father was required to pay...
The 100 Greatest Southeast Asian History and Politics Books list has a focus on politics and imperialism in the region.
After 24 years of turbulent relationship between East and West wings, Pakistan disintegrated and a bloody liberation movement resulted in emergence of a new country, Bangladesh on 16 December 1971. Although the diplomatic relations established following the mutual recognition extended to each other in ...
India, on the southern subcontinent of Asia, is bounded on the northwest by Pakistan; on the north by China and Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan; on the northeast by Bangladesh and Burma (Myanmar); and on the southwest and southeast by the Indian Ocean, with the island republics of Sri Lanka and...
One Summer (2013) tells the story of the summer of 1927, a particularly pivotal three months in American history. The summer of 1927 marked the emergence of the United States as a major power on the international scene and set the stage for the Great Depression of the ‘30s. One Summer ...