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• Land of Snows, Part 1: The Demon-Haunted Realm     – The Strange Continent

  In an age of monsters and miracles, they battled for the soul of a nation. Meet the Buddhists and Bönpos of ancient Tibet. In 1626, two Portuguese priests set out northward from Delhi, India, in searc...

• Great Empires of Central Asia, Part 5: The Eastern Renaissance – The Strange Continent

  Their realm was the heart of civilization -- until the apocalypse came. Meet the Persians: enlightened lords of Central Asia's final golden age. If I ask you to picture "Arabian culture," what images ...

• A Cemetery of the Living – The Strange Continent

  How my friend’s art connects Hollywood and ancient Egypt Last weekend, I took a trip up to Milan. My friends and I hit all the usual sightseeing spots — the big famous Gothic cathedral, the sprawling ...

• The Insanity That Keeps Us Sane – The Strange Continent

  We’ve got some strange ways of dealing with violent thoughts. Hey, want to hear a cool story? In the 1280s, the Mongol warlord Hülegü Khan was getting ready to make war on the city of Baghdad — which ...

• Great African Empires, Part 2: Pharaohs of the Upper Nile – The Strange Continent

  They conquered Egypt, battled Assyria and Rome, and ruled the Upper Nile for thousands of years. Meet the Nubian Kushite pharaohs of Sudan. You know that feeling when your favorite actor or musical ar...

• comanche warrior – The Strange Continent

  Because every time and place is weird.