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Achala, King of the Wrathful Ones; Inner Mongolia, Tangut Xia, Khara Khoto (1038–1227 CE); early 13th century CE; silk and pearls; overall: 40 1/4x 29 1/8 in. (102.3 x 74 cm); The Cleveland Museum of Art; purchase...

Raven-Headed Mahakala; Bhutan; early to mid-19th century CE; pigments on cloth; 27 7/8 x 20 in. (70.8 x 50.8 cm); Rubin Museum of Art; C2006.42.8 (HAR 89189)

Deities of the Padmakula Mandala; Dunhuang, China; period of Tibetan rule (781–848 CE); pigments on silk; 35 1/4 x 23 5/8 in. (89.6 x 60 cm); Musée des arts asiatiques – Guimet, Paris; Mission of Paul Pelliot, 1906–1908...

The Buddha Amityaus; possibly Chengde (Jehol), China; Qing dynasty, reign of the Qianlong Emperor (1736–1795 CE); hollow dry lacquer; 40 x 27 x 18 in. (101.6 x 68.6 x 45.7 cm); Asian Art Museum of San Francisco; The Avery Brundage...

The origins of the First World War (1914-18) are many and varied, with some even dating back several decades, but a political assassination in the Balkans in the summer of 1914 was the spark that blew up Europe's political powder...

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For well over 1,000 years, sacred stories and heroic epics have made up the mythology of Hinduism. Nothing in these complex yet colourful legends is fixed and firm. Pulsing with creation, destruction, love...

The Mongol Empire (1206-1368 CE) covered Asia from the Black Sea to the Korean peninsula and so naturally included all manner of religions within its borders, but the Mongols themselves had their own particular religious...