"The myth that kamikaze, or divine winds, protected Japan against the Mongol invasions of 1274 and 1281 is linked to a belief in absolute victory in the Pacific War in the twentieth century. But what ...

Archaeologists have discovered the skeletal remains of three individuals within a former medieval stronghold in Poland who were possibly victims of the Mongol invasion of Europe in the 13th century.

Preface to the English edition -- Acknowledgments -- Note on transliteration -- List of maps -- Introduction -- The premises -- North: the Pontic Steppes before the Mongol "Squall": Cumans, Byzantium ...

From Kirin beer to the introduction of sugar, a new 10-day walking tour traces Kyushu in Japan’s hidden foreign influences, ...

On the same day, archaeologists revealed a possible seventh-century B.C.E. temple or tomb in Egypt’s Nile Delta and a 13th-century Mongol invasion shipwreck off Japan’s Takashima island. Both were ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: That invasion, known in Japanese historiography as the Koan War, was staggering in scale. The Mongol emperor dispatched a combined force of roughly ...