Families Turned Detective in Edo Japan
Societies have handled the enforcement of laws a lot of different ways in different places and times; the ubiquity of police in the 21st century can make it hard to imagine what other systems might even look like. The way the authorities tracked down suspects in Edo-era Japan (1603-1867) is particularly interesting. The system was […]
Xuanzang and the Five Border Towers
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The Secret History of the Mountain Folk
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Zheng He’s Alien Invasion
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The Dunhuang Manuscripts and the Mogao Caves
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Origin Stories & The Lake of Milk
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