On the Banks of the Sacred River, the Story of the People of India’s Northern Plains
From Varanasi and the Ganges to the Taj Mahal and Bollywood, the people of the northern plains form the cultural heartland of India.
One Language and Many Worlds, the Story of the Arabs From the Desert to the Globe
A people bound by language rather than blood, spread across two dozen countries. The story of the Arabs, the Arabic tongue, the rise of Islam, a golden age of learning, colonialism, oil, and the struggles of today.
People of Honey and the Kuray, the Story of the Bashkirs of the Urals
The story of the Bashkirs, the Turkic people of the southern Urals, famed for their wild honey and the music of the kuray, from the age of the steppe nomads to the modern Republic of Bashkortostan.
People of the Carpet and the Golden Horse, the Story of the Turkmen
An Oghuz Turkic people of the Karakum desert, the Turkmen kept a fierce tribal independence, famed for their deep-red knotted carpets and the golden Akhal-Teke horse.
People of the High Mountains, the Story of the Kyrgyz of the Tian Shan
A Turkic mountain people of the Tian Shan, the Kyrgyz built a nomadic culture of horse, yurt, and felt, and keep the Epic of Manas, one of the longest oral poems in the world.
People of the Land of Five Rivers, How the Punjabis Fed a Subcontinent and Danced Across the World
Farmers, soldiers, and founders of the Sikh faith, split by Partition yet united in spirit, the Punjabis carry their warmth and resilience across the globe.
People of the Silk Road Cities, the Story of the Uzbeks of Central Asia
The most numerous people of Central Asia, the Uzbeks are heirs to the Silk Road cities of Samarkand and Bukhara, blending Turkic and Persian worlds into a great settled civilisation.
People of the Vanished Sea, the Story of the Karakalpaks of the Aral
A Turkic people of the Amu Darya delta, the Karakalpaks lived between herding, fishing, and farming on the shores of the Aral Sea, whose drying became one of the world’s great environmental tragedies.
People of the Volga and the Golden Horde, the Story of the Tatars of Russia
The story of the Tatars, the largest Muslim and Turkic people of Russia, from Volga Bulgaria and the Golden Horde to the modern republic of Tatarstan on the Volga.
People of the Western Hills, the Story of the Magar of Nepal
Among the oldest and most numerous indigenous peoples of Nepal, the Magar of the western hills blend Hindu, Buddhist, and shamanic traditions, the Maruni dance, and a famed martial heritage.
