Chandragupta Maurya, India's first emperor, overthrew the Nanda dynasty. He unified the subcontinent and established the ...

Ivan was the first to appoint himself ‘Tsar’ or "Caesar," in the European tradition of "emperor," whose power came directly from God. The title gave Russia and its ruler significant weight in ...

Why was Tsar Ivan known as "The Terrible"? His mental health issues, that made him prone to paranoia and rage among other things, caused him to leave a high death toll and general destruction ...

Japan’s much-loved Emperor Akihito will stand down on April 30, 2019, becoming the first Japanese monarch to abdicate his post in two centuries.