You can argue for the British, Persians, Romans, Mongols or pretty much any empire you want.

The New Haven museum bills “Hew Locke: Passages” as the artist’s most comprehensive show to date, including 49 works spanning ...

This episode retraces Napoleon’s Egyptian Campaign through the lens of Google Earth, following the 1798 expedition that aimed ...

Empires rise and fall, maps evolve, but borders often endure beyond the ambitions that created them. The Durand Line, ...

In the late 16th century, as European powers raced to establish colonies in the New World and Asia, one Muslim ruler had his ...

He was denounced by rebel propagandists as a tyrant and remembered by Americans as a reactionary dolt. Who was he really?

For centuries the ultimate emblem of Britishness has meant different things to different people, and now it is back in the ...

Sir Benjamin Guinness, a member of the famed brewing dynasty, played a pivotal role in expanding the Irish beer business.

Explore the diverse world of rice in Asia, from Hyderabadi biryani to Japanese chazuke, a culinary adventure awaits!

The rise of Chiot commerce across the Black Sea and Mediterranean not only transformed 19th-century global markets—it ...

Each time an Indian leader visits Britain, the question resurfaces: will London ever say sorry? Each time, it sidesteps, offering instead the language of "regret".

Afghanistan is the most sought-after landmass, perhaps due to its geographical location. From Alexander (I do not write Great ...