James Kim argues that "despite long noting the links between animalisation and racialisation, critical animal studies have yet to consider their relationship Asian American studies" (136). Relating this wider scholarly gap, of South writer Bharati Mukherjee (1940–2017) examine importance fauna within her œuvre. Tracing specific metaphors—from avian marine mammalian reptilian canine—this essay c...

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The military was a major element of the Mughal Empires strength and integrity. Beginning with formation mobility land army which led to their victory in First Battle Panipat 1526, power grew rapidly alongside development Empire itself. In compatibility position also controlled Indian Ocean, rulers paid attention building naval force. Commencing onset that statement, purpose this article is exam...

The author of this article considers specific character of Silla policy during the war between Chinese Empire Tang and Bohai – northern neighbor of the Korean state. This war is known to be important for the East Asian region, as it changed the political situation in the medieval Far East. Both sides used military contingents from allies and vassals. These facts prove the war had a great scale....

A comprehensive framework is developed and applied to estimate the economic costs incurred by the Soviet Union in acquiring, maintaining, and expanding its empire. The terms "empire" and "costs" are explicitly defined. Between 1971 and 1980, the average ratio between empire costs and Soviet gross national product was about 3.5 percent; as a ratio to Soviet military spending, empire costs averag...

The end of Mughal Empire in the wake War Independence 1857 left Muslim community South Asia political orphans; desperately facing religious and cultural assaults, as well economic victimization marginalization under British Raj. At this time vulnerability society, it was educational institutions established by ideologues which took up task strengthening, reforming revitalizing society to cope w...

that Empire, the Cartographer's art achieved such a degree of perfection that the Map of a single Province occupied an entire City, and the map of the Empire, an entire Province. In time, these vast Maps were no longer sufficient. The Guild of Cartographers created a Map of the Empire, which perfectly coincided with the Empire itself. But Succeeding Generations, with diminished interest in the ...