Asian cultures changed greatly as they moved forward to the modern age. Explore the people and empires that developed after ancient times.
Gurkhas, soldiers from Nepal who serve in the British and Indian armies. They are tough, disciplined fighters noted for their skill with a curved knife called a kukri.Most Gurkhas have been recruited from the Magar, Gurung, and Rai peoples, which have the reputation of being the most warlike of Nepal's various Tibeto-Nepalese groups. See more »
You may have heard your parents say, "I know what's best for you." In the 14th century, some Christian parents thought sacrificing their children to slavery was a benevolent measure.
See more »Trebizond, Empire of, an independent Byzantine domain on the south shore of the Black Sea that lasted from 1204 to 1461.
See more »French Settlements in India, five former colonial settlements on the east and west coasts of India.
See more »Gurkhas, soldiers from Nepal who serve in the British and Indian armies. They are tough, disciplined fighters noted for their skill with a curved knife called a kukri.Most Gurkhas have been recruited from the Magar, Gurung, and Rai peoples, which have the reputation of being the most warlike of Nepal's various Tibeto-Nepalese groups.
See more »Hindustan, a term first used by Muslim invaders from Persia to denote the land of the Hindus—generally northern India from the Himalayas to the Deccan Plateau.
See more »Romanov (or Romanoff), House of, the ruling family of Russia from 1613 until the revolution of 1917.
See more »There are the seven wonders of the medieval world and the modern world, as well as the seven wonders of the natural world and underwater world. But what about the original seven wonders of the world.
See more »Huns, a nomadic people, of Mongoloid origin, who plundered and terrorized Europe in the fourth and fifth centuries A.D.
See more »Islamic Culture, the artistic and intellectual accomplishments in the countries conquered by the Muslim Arabs in the seventh and eighth centuries A.D.
See more »Kalmuck, or Kalmuk, the name of a Mongolian people. In the 17th century the Kalmucks migrated from China to the Lower Volga region of Russia.
See more »Latin Kingdoms, or Crusader States, domains established in the eastern Mediterranean region by western Europeans during the Crusades.
See more »Mamelukes, or Mamluks, members of a cavalry corps of Egyptian soldiers. A dynasty of Mameluke soldiers ruled Egypt from 1250 to 1517.
See more »Manchu, , the name of the last dynasty of Chinese emperors, 1644-1912. It is also called the Ch'ing Dynasty.
See more »Mensheviks in Russian history, one of two factions, with the Bolsheviks, within the Russian Social Democratic party.
See more »Mongol Empire, a vast Eurasian empire of the 13th and 14th centuries. It was founded by Genghis Khan (1162?–1227), a Mongol chieftain who became a mighty conqueror.
See more »Mongols, a people of the Mongoloid race who speak Mongol, one of the Altaic languages of the Ural-Altaic language family.
See more »Ottoman Empire, a Muslim Turkish empire that covered a vast area of the Middle East, southeastern Europe, and North Africa.
See more »Portuguese India, a former Portuguese territory on the west coast of India. It consisted of the widely separated enclaves of Goa and Damāo (renamed Daman) and the island of Diu.
See more », a former Portuguese territory in southeast Asia. Most of the colony was located in the eastern half of Timor island, and its total land area was 5,763 square miles (14,925 km2).
See more »Saracens, the name by which Muslims were generally known to Christians during the time of the Crusades.
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