The East has always attracted increased attention. And this is not surprising. After all, it was there, in the East, that discoveries that were largely decisive for the destinies of mankind were made, it was there that all the great religions that made man a man appeared, and it was there that Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great and Napoleon were going to gain world greatness. India, China, Japan, Bosphorus - all these names attracted travelers and scientists from all over the world like a magnet, who to this day are struggling with the many mysteries and secrets that remain unresolved to this day. In our book we talked about various aspects of life in eastern countries. Our book is in no way a manual, much less a history textbook, and its author reserved the right to interpret certain facts from the lives of his heroes at his own discretion. For the simple reason that there is no answer to them to this day. But anyone who reads our book will become acquainted not only with the mysterious lives of many people who played a certain role in world history, but will also learn a lot of new and useful things from the history, philosophy, culture and still attractive East...