Geography provides a sense of place. What a country has, in terms of strategic location and natural resources, can determine its role in the world. See why geography matters in this collection of stories.
Coming of age traditions in Hawaiian royal history.
After his father's death, Commodus becomes the emperor of Rome but is not a good ruler.
After his father's death, Commodus becomes the emperor of Rome but is not a good ruler.
Spectators in the Colosseum often decide if a gladiator will live or die with a thumbs up or down.
Spectators in the Colosseum often decide if a gladiator will live or die.
Operation Rolling Thunder demonstrates increased conflict with bombs and napalm dropped on Viet Cong structures.
Abagnale gets caught and sent to a reformatory school.
The Mandolin is a stringed, lute-like instrument associated with love.
Lewis and William Clark start the Corps of Discovery to explore the west; 45 men took food, supplies, gifts for Indians and rifles.
The island of Corregidor holds the last of the US and Filipino troops, it falls to the Japanese on May 6, 1942.
Take a virtual tour of Cortona, a town in the region of Italy known as Tuscany.
The Allied invasion sets off a chain of events that merge to end Hitler's efforts to capture Great Britain.
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