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How & Why Did the Yuan Dynasty Restore Christianity in China?
The Church of the East was already present among various Mongol tribes when Kublai Khan (1260–1294) conquered China. Though ...
Visiting Yunnan, China, Where the Traditions of Ancient Trade Routes Persevere
Traveling along the Tea Horse Road unlocks a land of teahouses, centuries-old monasteries, and epic valley views.
Ancient tree rings uncover climate's impact on Chinese dynastic history
A study tracking rainfall patterns over thousands of years has found that more arid periods coincided with ages of dynastic ...
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Ancient China's historic bond with ice and snow
The earliest ice skates in ancient China were primarily crafted from horse shinbones. Over time, wooden ice skates emerged, ...
A Timeline of the Tit-for-Tat Tariffs Between China and the U.S. Since 2017
The rapid-fire shots of tariffs and import curbs hearken back to Trump’s first term in office, when the U.S. and China ...
Tibetan tree rings highlight link between climate change and fall of major Chinese dynasties
Study tracking climate patterns across thousands of years found that periods of lower rainfall coincided with some major political upheavals Researchers have used tree rings to track rainfall patterns ...
Map wars in the Middle East: How cartographers charted and helped shape a regional conflict
This is not exclusive to the Middle East – “map wars” are underway across the globe. Some of the more well-known examples ...
All the silk roads lead to this outstanding British Museum show
The names of foreign places can be filled with an inexplicable magic, as all travellers know, even in an age when this magic ...