The biggest religion that spread across this trade route wasIslam. Over time, if African states weren't already taken over by the Islamic caliphate, they may have converted voluntarily, with much help from the Arab Berber traders, many of whom were already converted to Islam. The Trans Saharan...
The city of Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, once a key stop and starting point of the ancient Silk Road trade route, has recently hosted a monumental China-Central Asia Summit, which reached a declaration among China and Central Asian countries about cooperation in energy, education,...
The Imperial Palace, also called the Forbidden City was the palace where the 24 emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties ruled China for roughly 500 years. The Imperial Palace is located in the center of Beijing, on the northern side of Tian’anmen Square, rectangular in s...
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On Monday, July 28, 2014, as I was walking into work, two managers met me at the door. They hustled me into a conference room and told me that my friend in our group died over the weekend. Everyone knew we were work friends, and the managers didn’t want me to go into work and...
Keep heading west along Oike-dōri, and you’ll come toNijō Castle, one of Kyoto’s top attractions. TheImperial Palacewas the emperor’s home, but this was the base of the shogunate in the city, where real power was held. Built by Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1603, its grounds contain ...
The beauty of the Himalayas was surreal as I crossed Rohtang Pass at 13,050 feet. We drove past stunning natural formations of sand and rock, rugged mountain views, snow-capped peaks, and barren landscapes— breathtaking! Driving along this spectacular road maintained by the Border Roads Organiza...
One of the provinces in which I conducted my earliest fieldwork in Vietnam was Cao Bằng 高平, a mountainous province more or less directly north of Ha-noi, just south of the border with China. This is an area which until quite recent-ly had an overwhelming majority population of Tai...
It was the Nihi Sumba resort that brought this island into luxury seekers’ sights when it first opened in 2012. More than a decade on, Sumba has welcomed several new luxury eco-resorts. These include The Sanubari, a series of beachfront villas that opened in 2022, and Cap Karoso, located...
Rajasthan’s Ranthambore National Park and Karnataka’s Nagarhole National Park, part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, are renowned tiger spotting destinations. “Kanha [National Park] was the inspiration for Kipling’s ‘Jungle Book’,” says Bealby of Wild Frontiers. ...