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.
Life changes after the plague: social and economic values change, art becomes more morbid, peasant uprisings increase and church authority lessens.
Elizabeth King's living will asks her family to end all life support care if she ever reaches a "vegetative state."
The Pilgrims spend a year in Amsterdam before religious conflicts lead them to Leiden.
Life in Five Points is difficult with overcrowding, high child mortality, unemployment, little food available and violent crimes.
Some whites in Mississippi consider blacks an inferior race.
The university town of Leiden still contains evidence of the Pilgrim's year there, such as businesses and housing.
All healthy Spartan boys become soldiers.
Dostoevsky is sent to prison in St. Petersburg, a beautiful city of palaces and cathedrals.
Look into the life of those who live in the middle ages through pictures and links.
A new government, loyal to Germany, is set up in Vichy; the film, The Sorrow and the Pity, provides insight into life in occupied France.
Helen Beatrix Potter was born in 1866 in London to wealthy parents who inherit large cotton fortunes.
Idolized by the public, Beethoven has a good life in Vienna.
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