The Critical Studies of Climate Media and Discourse E-team works for the priority impact area – Human Development and Climate Change – in the areas of expertise – Climate Change, Capacity Development, ...

A global initiative promoting inclusive education for all, supported by the International Peace Human Rights Educational Council and Dr. Tarun Pal. Our mission is to empower communities through ...

The term ‘cultural heritage’ has changed content considerably in recent decades, partially owing to the instruments developed by UNESCO. Cultural heritage does not end at monuments and collections of ...

Religious movements and religions have had an important role on the history of the Silk Roads. It is notably the case of Buddhism which had a considerable influence on the early trade routes. Within ...

SOAS, the School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London) is dedicated to the study of the languages, cultures and societies of Africa, Asia and the Middle East, and is the only Higher ...

The Spice Routes, also known as Maritime Silk Roads, is the name given to the network of sea routes that link the East with the West. They stretch from the west coast of Japan, through the islands of ...

The establishment of settled agricultural societies in the Bronze Age allowed social and cultural developments to occur. Population growth across this period also led to expansion into new ...

Education in arts and sciences was often directed by religious institutions in the Middle Ages. Mosques, maktabs (elementary religious schools) and madrasas (secondary religious schools) were ...

Despite the lack of written records before the Hispanic era, archaeological finds provide a material history of extensive trade. Commerce occurred via the maritime and land silk roads that spread from ...

The Brunei Darussalam Maritime Museum was opened in March, 2015. It is located on the banks of the Brunei River, where the ancient city of Brunei was situated from the 14 th to 17 th centuries. Within ...

The inland routes of the Silk Roads were dotted with caravanserais, large guest houses or hostels designed to welcome travelling merchants and their caravans as they made their way along these trade ...

The Lord Buddha was born in 623 BC in the sacred area of Lumbini located in the Terai plains of southern Nepal, testified by the inscription on the pillar erected by the Mauryan Emperor Asoka in 249 ...