ESSEX COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A 29-year-old woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Kino Road in Essex County on Wednesday afternoon. According to Virginia State Police, a two-vehicle crash occurred ...
West Australian riders Lucy and Brandon Fiore have finished as the third team in the 2025 Mongol Derby, the world's toughest horse race. The competition tests riders' mental and physical strength ...
Two UAE endurance riders Sheikh Khalifa Al Hamed and Issa Al Khiyari concluded their historic participation in the “Mongol Derby” endurance race by tying for first place with American rider Michael ...
There's a case to be made that the Bronze Age collapse has the coolest name of any historical period. Sure, the Dark Ages might be moody and mysterious, while the Renaissance has flair on its side.
An illustration, based on a 15th century author’s imagining, of the court of the Great Khan in the 1200s. Credit: National Library of France On January 4, 1254, a French monk named William of Rubruck ...
Many believed it was a judgement from God - millions dead as punishment for the sins of mankind. In Britain alone, the Black Death wiped out up to half of the population when it struck between 1348 ...
The concept of the outlaw is an old one, dating back to medieval England. Those who failed to adhere to the system, be it courts or the local lord, would be declared outside the protection of the law.
An illustration from a medieval French manuscript depicts the Polo brothers’ meeting with Kublai Khan. Credit: Bibliothèque nationale de France. Subscribe for ads-free reading This year marks the ...
After a first failed invasion of Japan in 1274, Mongol leader Kublai Khan, founder of the Chinese Yuan Dynasty, sent a second wave of troops in 1281. Ships carrying Yuan soldiers traveled in two ...