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The impact of the Mongol conquests on earthen cities in Central Asia

The conquest campaigns of the Mongol Empire took place in the first half of the thirteenth century, deposing the Persianate Khwarazmian Empire and seizing its territories from Kazakhstan to the Persian Gulf and the Caucasus.

Aksum – The Capital of the Aksumite Empire

Aksum, also called Axum, is the ancient capital of the Aksumite Empire, situated in the present-day Tigray Region of Ethiopia.

Arkaim

Arkaim is an archaeological site on the steppe of the Southern Ural near the village of Amursky in Russia.

U of T archaeologist goes underwater to study ancient trade routes in Cyprus

Fulton, an assistant professor of historical studies at U of T Mississauga, recently completed the first season of field work in a three-year study of an ancient marine site off the coast of Cyprus.