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13th century, becoming the largest contiguous land empire ever, and second only to the British Empire in total land area. While known by most for their...

Odyssey. In Roman times Virgil's Aeneid continues the story, following a warrior from Troy to Italy. Today Troy is an archaeological site which attracts...

13th century crusader castle.   There were several orders of Catholic warrior monks. They built castles and left behind ruins in many places. Knights...

during modern excavations with some other purpose; China's Terracotta Warriors were found by farmers, and people building roads or digging foundation...

avoided signing a colonial treaty like the other tribes. Although the warrior nature and the praise for resiting subjugation has earned them the praise...

Heritage Sites. Bhambore used to be the seaport of Debal where the young Arab warrior Mohammad Bin Qasim landed his armies in 711 AD. Three different periods...

ancient Egyptians, the Nubians had a fearsome reputation for being fierce warriors, and during the times Nubia was under Egyptian occupation, the Egyptian...

destinations for every type of traveller, be they a novice or an experienced road-warrior. Easier options include modern, prosperous countries like Japan and the...

appropriate. By car The Fortress. Daily 09:00-19:00. Home of the fierce warrior Ghino di Tacco, known as the Robin Hood of Val d'Orcia (named also in the...

fell into the hands of the Fujiwara clan of court nobles. The samurai, or warrior class, came to prominence during the Kamakura Period, when Minamoto no...

conquer Lower Northern Thailand remained unsuccessful. The 16th-century warrior-king Naresuan, one of the most famous rulers in Thai history, was born...

Choibalsan Statue and Museum. Natural history/ethnography museum, Mongolian warrior monument, tank, etc, including tributes to Soviet general Georgy Zhukov...

early Ottoman or Kayı notables. You may encounter visitors got up in Kayı warrior costume, owing less to history than to a Turkish TV soap opera: Kuruluş:...

island, was built in 1664 by the great 17th-century warrior, Shivaji to the glory of the Maratha Empire, is just a stone's throw away. Ferry services start...

century, was renamed Battalgazi in 1987, after Battal Gazi, a legendary warrior who is thought to have bornt in the region (he is likely a fictional character...

Brahmins, the highest varna, were the priests, the Kshatriyas were the kings, warriors and nobility, Vaishyas were peasants, craftsmen and merchants and Shudras...

written records, which spread with Ancient Greece, and later the Roman Empire. Most of northern and eastern Europe got their first domestic written records...

the Ceyhan River, is a faint, weather-beaten Hittite relief depicting a warrior — the river valley was a major route connecting their heartland far to...

River was so-named when its waters ran red with the blood of the slain warriors on its shores. The Blood River Commemorative Site marks the place where...

assimilated in the local culture. A shieldmaiden (skjaldmær) was a female warrior, curiously described by sagas and European chronicles. Today's scholars...