The journeys of 15th- and 16th-century European explorers are depicted on Cantino’s map including Vasco da Gama’s first voyage in search of a sea route to India (1497-99) and the “discovery ...

Different cultures and customs collide in Uzbekistan, a midway point along the Silk Road route for more than two millennia.

A rare 16th-century book lives on thanks to hard work by a librarian at Michigan State University. MSU has held the copy of ...

In the early 16th century, Bartholeme de Las Casas became ... He was born in Smirna in Asia Minor in 1626 and he was ordained as a rabbi when he was eighteen. Drawing upon the mystical teachings ...

But this interest in the sagas only took off during the 16th and 17th centuries—long after the purported mid-15th-century date ... while the Bianco Map helped fill in Asia and Africa.

As the first online based economically driven game, this character building MMORPG is set in 16th century Asia around the countries of Joseon(Korea), Japan, China, and Taiwan. Gold! GOLD!

They introduced laws to enforce, what they believed to be, an appropriate Christian lifestyle: In the 16th century, most people believed in magic and the supernatural. People might have turned to ...

No proper police force existed before the 16th century. It was the responsibility of the victim and local community to find the criminal themselves. It was expected that communities would be ...

OTSU--A 30-meter-long stone wall and a moat were unearthed at the site of the castle belonging to the 16th-century samurai general ... grounds and no pictorial maps. The actual scale remains ...

Sitting between Asia, Africa and Europe ... The Venetian Fortezza, constructed in the 16th century, towers over the city. Built high and strong to deflect cannon fire, the Fortezza still houses ...

The 16th-century find was unearthed in a network of underground tunnels beneath the canonical gardens of the town of Frombork, where Copernicus died. The artifact — a two-pronged metal device al ...

The tapestries are hung in their original position, in the Long Gallery of Hardwick Hall A unique set of 16th Century tapestries have gone on display after a 24-year, £1.7 million restoration ...