Making of an empire. As a bold young man, Chandragupta Maurya, the future king of the Mauryan Empire, allegedly offered some brash advice to Alexander the Great, who had crossed the Indus River ...

While many date the collapse of the Roman Empire to the fifth century, in reality it didn't fall until AD 1453. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

From about 700 to 500 ago, most of modern-day Mexico was ruled by one of the world's great empires: The Aztecs. Ruthless, creative and sophisticated, the Aztecs carved out an empire that lasted ...

In his latest book, “Worldmaking in the Long Great War: How Local and Colonial Struggles Shaped the Modern Middle East” (Columbia University Press), Yale sociologist and historian Jonathan Wyrtzen ...

In another video replying to the question of what the female equivalent of the Roman Empire trend is, one woman suggests murder. "Maybe it's fear about our own murder, maybe it's about how other ...

Mr. Rapley is the author, with Peter Heather, of “Why Empires Fall: Rome, America and the Future of the West.” America likes to think of itself in garlanded terms. The shining city on a hill ...

A discussion of the Byzantium Empire, the longest lasting empire in the western world which began in 330 A.D. and collapsed 1,123 years later in 1453. May 26, 2023 at 10:00 AM 7 minute read ...