Why nomads did not suffer from parasites and the plague bypassed our steppes
Screex Since the time of Herodotus, it is commonly believed that the Scythians and Sarmatians were...
The call of the nomadic world
Modern civilization is in the deepest crisis, more and more resembling a deadlock. There are...
The two-stranded nomads of the Sahara
When it comes to African nomads, many people think of the Tuareg tribe, the «blue...
The Borjigin clan. Genghis Khan’s clan
In the 13th century the concept of «nationality», especially in the sense in which we...
Kaiser-i Rum: were the Ottoman sultans Byzantine emperors
For the Ottoman sultans, Rome did not end in 1453 with the conquest of Constantinople,...
Cage life and child marriage: 10 crazy Ottoman laws and customs that would seem wild to us today
The traditions of the times of the Ottoman Empire are nowadays most often a source...
Abylai Khan
Abylai (Abylmansur) — an outstanding statesman, politician, diplomat, unifier of Kazakh lands. He was born...
Political portrait of Abylai Khan
The XVIII century entered the history of the Kazakh people as the era of Ablai....
IN SEARCH OF A HOMELAND. WHERE DID THE ANCESTORS OF THE HUNGARIANS COME FROM?
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Hungarians celebrated the «Millennium of the Homeland»,...
KIPCHAKS: AN ETHNOS AND ITS NAME
The term «Kipchak», known in medieval Arab-Persian historiography, changed its content in the course of...