The Mughal Empire, spanning from the early 16th to the 18th century, left a lasting legacy through its blend of Persian, Indian, and Islamic influences. Key emperors like Akbar, Shah Jahan, and ...
Sultana Begum, the great-granddaughter-in-law of the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, lives in a Kolkata slum in stark ...
On March 17, 1776, the Continental Army under Gen. George Washington forced British troops to evacuate Boston.
Henry Gee’s previous book, A Brief History of Life on Earth, made an interestingly downbeat read for a title that won the UK’s science book prize. He emphasised that a constant feature of that history ...
“America’s current retreat from its engagements around the world — from gutting USAid to abandoning European allies — constitutes a surrender of power comparable in living memory only to Mikhail ...
The British economy unexpectedly shrank during January, piling pressure on Treasury chief Rachel Reeves before a key ...
It holds your hands through the foundation of Rome, with excessive concern dedicated to the Aeneid, to the rise of the ...
The happenings in the United States of America since Trump assumed the presidency have been more disturbing than what I had cited in my February column.
It was an important change after the persecution of Christians by previous Roman emperors in the 1st century. The Roman Empire decline was long and lasted until 476, when Rome fell to a barbarian ...
During the first month of his second term, Donald Trump’s popularity started out mildly positive but has slowly eroded, according to the FiveThirtyEight averages. As of January 24, his job ...
Brendon’s title is a deliberate echo of Gibbon’s masterpiece, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Not because he wishes to set himself up as a rival to Gibbon – no historian ‘in ...