Sassanian rulers in the 300s AD – History of Iraq and Iran
Hormidz II Shapur II, a Sassanian ruler in the 300s AD Hormidz II was the second of Shapur the Great's grandsons to rule the Sassanian Empire in what is now Iran [...]
Sassanian rulers: Ardashir to Narses
Ardashir and Shapur Ardashir I was the first Sassanian ruler of the Parthian Empire. Here he gets the kingship from the chief Zoroastrian god, Ahura Mazda. Ardashir was the first [...]
Later Parthian kings and queens – West Asian history
Vologases I, the king of the Parthian Empire Artabanus III and his son Vardanes The murder of Queen Musa and her son in 4 AD ended up with another civil [...]
The Yuezhi and the Kushan Empire – Central Asian history
Nalbinding hat from Urumchi in the Tocharian or Yuezhi kingdom (ca. 1000 BC) The Yamnaya become the Yuezhi Around 3000 BC, in the Bronze Age, some of the Yamnaya people [...]
Parthian kings and queens
The first of the Parthian kings: Arsaces I Arsaces and Tiridates Arsaces I was the governor of Parthia (now northern Iran) in the Hellenistic Greek empire of Seleucia. About 250 [...]
Moretum – a Roman food to spread on crackers
Moretum was a common Roman recipe and it's easy to make at home. Making the cheese You can start by buying ricotta, but you can also make your own ricotta. Pour about [...]
The Bronze Age 3000-1000 BC
Cultures around the world 3000-1000 BC (the Bronze Age) Questions to answer: when did these people start farming? when did they start spinning and weaving clothing (and what did they make their [...]
From Siam to Thailand
Like its neighbor Burma, Thailand was more influenced by India than by China. People in Thailand were probably becoming Buddhists by the 200s BC, in the time of the Mauryan Empire in [...]
History of Burma
The first people in Burma People (and their dogs) probably reached Burma coming along the coast from India, about 47,000 BC, but there's no evidence of them until about 11,000 BC. History [...]
Laos – History of Laos from the Stone Age to today
Fishing in Laos (thanks to the USGS) The first people in Laos People probably first walked or rowed boats to Laos from India, following the coast. Then they came inland [...]
