During his lifetime, Qin Shi Huang became obsessed with achieving immortality and sought the elusive elixir of life.

This 1620 version of The Yellow Emperor’s Classic ... the primary form of health care in China until the early 20th century, when the last Qing emperor was overthrown by Sun Yat-sen, a Western ...

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Photograph by AKG/Album Early Muslim medicine drew on traditional ... following the decision of the emperor Justinian to close the Academy in Athens. The new Muslim elites who occupied Gondeshapur ...

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He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...