Tamerlane - derived from his nickname Timur the Lame - rose from obscurity to become a 14th Century conqueror of nations, who piled high the skulls of his enemies. It was quite a feat at a time when ...

A worn and stained first-edition of Edgar Allan Poe's first book "Tamerlane and Other Poems" was sold at auction by Christie's for $662,500, a new record for a work of American literature. The work is ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Rhianna Malas is a creative writer and essayist currently living in Melbourne, Australia. An RMIT alum, she has self produced a comic zine, and has written short stories and creative non-fiction ...

The National Library of Spain preserves one of the most fascinating travel books from the Late Middle Ages, following the tradition of other illustrious literary travelers such as Marco Polo, John ...

The creation of Timur′s kingly image was the work of his chroniclers and in particular the achievement of ′Ali Yazdi, whose literary masterpiece, the Zafarnama (″Book of Victory″), was commissioned by ...

Have you noticed how books on empire have colonized best-seller lists? Most tend to focus on the American empire — even those dealing with ancient Rome or Victorian England do so with one eye firmly ...

The popular belief that European astronomy from the late Middle Ages and early Modern Age was more advanced than that of other world civilizations is debatable, as there are several specific examples ...

Forty-five metres is a long way to fall. That's about the height of a 15-storey building. It's the clearance of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It's not going to end well. Kalyan Minaret looks dizzyingly ...

Tamerlane - derived from his nickname Timur the Lame - rose from obscurity to become a 14th Century conqueror of nations, who piled high the skulls of his enemies. It was quite a feat at a time when ...