BATTLE OF SHIPKA PASS

Welcome

This sculpture of Genghis Khan designed by Dashi

Defining Moments

© Alamy 21 August 1911 MONA LISA STOLEN

JAPAN HAD REMAINED ISOLATIONIST?

While Japan keeps its distance, overall supremacy of the region could be up for grabs

STYLE AND SOCIETY

A new exhibition at Buckingham Palace displays the best of Georgian fashion

REVIEWS

The books, TV shows and films causing a stir in the history world this month

TREASURY OF FOLKLORE: STARS AND SKIES

A perfect introduction to a multitude of myths, traditions and lore relating to the space above our heads

RAGING BULL

Fact versus fiction on the silver screen

SUCCOTASH

A CLASSIC AND ADAPTABLE NATIVE AMERICAN DISH, NEW ENGLAND, USA, 17TH CENTURY -PRESENT

Key Events

1756 FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR The Seven Years’

IROQUOIS LONGHOUSE

Northeast America and Upstate New York c.18th century

JINGLE DRESS

United States c.1900s

HIILILI KOKKO: KATSINA FIGURE

This distinctive wooden figure represents a spiritual being, important to the folklore of the Hopi tribe USA, c.1900

INFLUENTIAL NATIVE AMERICANS

Men and women who defended, inspired and led their people across the centuries

EXPLORING INDIGENOUS RESURGENCE

Taiaiake Alfred guides us through the importance of the revitalisation of Canada’s First Nations culture

INDIGENOUS HISTORICAL SITES

From ancient mounds to cliff dwellings, five Native American locations worth visiting

Rise of the MONGOLS

How Genghis Khan forged an empire that sought to span the world

UNITING THE TRIBES

How Temüjin made friends of his enemies and conquered the rest

THE SECRETS OF THE MONGOL BOWMAN

How these legendary marksmen used their composite bows

THE NEXT KHANS

The successors to Genghis’s empire

DEADLY FASHION

If looks could kill, these fashion trends saw their followers pay the ultimate price

MYSTERY CULTS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD

In the Greco-Roman world, forgotten cults enacted arcane rituals whose secrets historian Hugh Bowden reveals…

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF COMMANDER CRABB

He was a war hero and Britain’s number one diver, but during a secret mission investigating a Russian cruiser, he vanished never to return…

Abelard & Héloïse

A Medieval Love Story

INQUISITION IN THE NEW WORLD

The colonies of the New World presented a new front in the Inquisition’s war against heresy