This video explores the rise and fall of the Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous land empire in history. It traces how the Mongols, under Genghis Khan and his successors, forged an unstoppable ...

We can no longer expect the international system - whether global or Eurasian - to reproduce the "ideal" models of order ...

Inroduction -- 1. Pastoral nomads and the Empires of the Steppe -- 2. Early China: Prelude to the Silk Roads -- 3. Zhang Qian and Han Expansion into Central Asia -- 4. The Early Han Dynasty and the ...

The ghosts of empire are haunting Eurasia. President Xi Jinping’s China is seeking to reclaim the power and privileges of the great dynasties that once bestrode Asia. President Vladimir Putin is ...

Jared Diamond proposed that Eurasia's unique geographic axis of orientation fueled a rapid spread of critical innovations among its societies, leading to a cultural and military dominance over other ...

It’s long been known that control of the vast Eurasian landmass and its resources is the key to global hegemony. Every empire that’s had its day in the sun as the dominant global power has held sway ...

Prologue: The hero and his friends -- The chariot warriors -- The royal Scythians -- Between Roman and Chinese legions -- The age of Attila the Hun -- The Türk empire -- The Silk Road, revolution, and ...

New clues about our earliest ancestors suggest they may have reached Eurasia sooner than scientists once thought. Fossils found in Romania hint that hominins left Africa nearly two million years ...