Africa is the land where the actual human journey started. Be it our genus Homo, or our species Sapiens – it is Africa where our story begins. And yet, when it comes to turning the pages of history books, Africa is often spared just a snippet of words, compared to two nearby land masses close …
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Silk, Spices and the onset of Exploration
For most of human history, the world meant mostly a landmass consisting of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Much of the remaining parts of the world were relatively unknown – especially the Americas (both North and South) and Australia. So, every history book you pick up, it is mostly these three regions that fill up the …
The Mongol Empire
The story of Mongol Empire starts from the story of a single warrior in Mongolia, known as Temujin. Born around 1162 AD in a tribal family, in a land known for tribal warriors, Temujin would slowly rise in ranks, and after a series of victories over his rivals would be elected as the leader of …
China – the fantasy land of the east
When the famous explorer and Venetian trader Marco Polo traveled to China in 1275 AD, there were plenty of marvels to gasp at in the land of the East. Therefore, when he finally returned to Europe again – after 24 long years in China as advisor for its emperor – it was no wonder that …
The Origin of Money
When discussing the origin of religions amongst the civilizations, we talked about how we viewed God as a child, and what our first memory of God was. Let us do the same here, but with a small tweak – let’s replace the word God with Money. Do you remember when was the first time in …
Mohammad, Islam and the Islamic Empires
In our story of Abraham and his two sons, we talked about the origin of the Arabs and their holy pilgrimage site – Mecca. In this article, we continue our journey of human history through the Arabian peninsula. The people of the Arabian Peninsula were mostly Nomads (known as Bedouin) at the time and were …
Christ, Constantine, and Constantinople
The central figure and religious leader of Christianity, Jesus Christ is one of the most prominent names in the whole of human history. He is not only revered as God by millions of followers of Christianity, the most followed calendar on earth is also created with reference to his birth - before Christ (BC) and …
A Tale of a Man and his two Sons
Once upon a time, there lived a man called Abraham in a place called Ur (which is present-day Iraq) in Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia in those days had polytheism, meaning many people followed many different gods, and an idolatry form of worshipping was common. Abraham worked in his father’s idol shop, but he himself never saw the …
The Origin of Buddhism
We’ve been talking about Vedas and its constituents and principles and substantial matters related to it in our previous entry. So let us start this piece on a lighter note with a bit of a story. Once upon a time, 563 BC if we want to be precise, a prince was born to a kingdom …
Vedic Era and the foundations of Hinduism
The Vedas are so emblematic of the Indian Subcontinent's civilization and development that a whole era of Indian Subcontinent is referred to as the Vedic Era. So, let us first delve on what the Vedas really are. The Vedas are believed to be the oldest religious scriptures on earth and are considered as the epitome …
Aryans and the passage to Hinduism
In our last article, we promised to talk about the origin of Hinduism next. But before talking about Hinduism and its origin, it is important to take a slight detour and talk about a different origin instead. As Hinduism – despite being the oldest religion on earth – is followed almost exclusively only in the …
The Origin of Religion on Earth
Religion is perhaps the most influential human creation in history. Even if one follows some religion or not, one cannot deny the influence it has in our day to day lives. Religion is so intertwined with culture, tradition, and even moral beliefs that it is difficult to separate one from the other, and even more …
