BC: The traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. 55: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the ...

The last time the United States expanded its territory—gaining the Northern Marianas and some other Pacific islands—President ...

Its value as the key that unlocked the meaning of Egyptian hieroglyphs is world-famous—but the turbulent history surrounding ...

— Belarus is very tied to Russia in trade relations, exports to the Russian market today reach 70%. This, of course, creates ...

A six-bedroom mansion in the upmarket London neighbourhood of Mayfair where exiled French emperor Napoleon III was entertained in the mid 19th century is up for sale. The grand five-storey Georgian ...

Every one is anxious for rain. Wells are giving out and in some cases are dry. The creek and lake were never known to be so low. A few days ago a large pond, about two miles ...

As so-called patriots argue over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, Fleet Street Fox points out the one thing everyone's ...

To aid in navigation:” the political economy of cotton in the Portuguese Empire. In 1790, British envoy Robert Walpole asked ...

Fundamentally, for a poor society to transform into a prosperous and open society it is a political transformation that is required to take place bringing about stronger institutions allowing for ...

Europe has been a flash point for war among both great and small powers for centuries. Conflicts beginning there have been known to spill over outside Europe, sometimes encompassing nearly the ...

There are three main routes to consider: the Red City Route takes you around the city centre and Camps Bay; the Blue Mini ...

When the advances made by the Scientific Revolution were applied to machinery, the Industrial Revolution was born. The ...