The ethnonym Kyrgyz is one of the oldest among Turkic-speaking peoples, supported by historical evidence for the name. It is ...

Rajendra's campaign was, in short, a war for profit – one that disrupted centuries of shared religious, cultural, and commercial life between South and Southeast Asia.

Ahead of what would have been her 125th birthday, friends and associates share intimate, surprising and revealing memories of ...

Today in History for Aug. 13: In 1521, Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortez captured present-day Mexico City from the Aztec Indians. In 1792, French revolutionaries imprisoned the royal family. In 1812, ...