The Forbidden City and the Imperial City lie within the Inner City, an area in Beijing, the capital of China. The Forbidden City includes palaces of former Chinese emperors. It was so named because only the emperor’s household was allowed to enter it. The buildings in this part of Beijing are ... Read More
The Silk Road was a group of ancient trade routes that connected China and Europe. The Silk Road flourished primarily from 100 BCE to AD 1500. The routes stretched across about 8,050 km (5,000 miles) of mountains and deserts in central Asia and the Middle East between eastern China and the Mediterra... Read More
The great religions of the world all began in Asia. Three of them – Judaism, Christianity and Islam – began in the same area of west Asia. Hinduism and Buddhism began in India. People all over the world formed systems of beliefs in powers greater than their own. The earliest religions we... Read More
History comes from a Greek word meaning ‘what is known by asking’. The job of a historian is to ask questions and make sense of the answers. The Greeks were among the first people to write history based on first-hand reporting of the facts. Herodotus (who died in 425 bce) wrote about the... Read More