by Aseem Gupta | Dec 31, 2016 | History, Empires & Civilizations
In 1600, a group of English merchants received permission from Queen Elizabeth I to establish a company for trading with Asia. Their ambitions were commercial: purchase valuable goods, transport them across the oceans, sell them in European markets, and reward the...
by Aseem Gupta | Dec 21, 2016 | Biography, Lives & Historical Figures
In October 1943, one of Britain’s most serious wartime security breaches began inside the residence of its ambassador to Turkey. The man responsible was not a trained British diplomat, a military officer, or a senior intelligence operative. He was a valet named...
by Aseem Gupta | Dec 2, 2016 | History, Empires & Civilizations
In 1671, an army representing one of the world’s most powerful empires confronted a kingdom on the banks of the Brahmaputra River. The Mughal Empire had conquered enormous territories across the Indian subcontinent, but its attempts to dominate Assam repeatedly...
