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.
Tice, a runaway slave, swims across the Ohio River which separates a free state and a slave state. When he disappears, it's like he is traveling on a...
Although it seems the storm is over, by the early morning of November 1 the weakening system once again becomes a tropical storm.
The 8,000 victims of Galveston's Great Storm include orphans, nuns, patients and nurses. Bodies are hard to find, identify and bury.
SS Major General Stroop destroys the second-largest Jewish community in the world.
The greatest amphibious invasion in history will take place under unexpectedly good weather conditions.
A Knight's fortune was determined daily by the unpredictable ups and downs of the day.
The Greeks build and leave a huge wooden horse outside the gates of Troy as a gift. During the night, Greeks exit the horse and begin to conquer Troy.
Muhammad's experience causes the Islamic faith to spread into Africa and Europe.
Alexander is handsome, observant and wise. He speaks fast, walks fast and is so short that when he conquers Persia even a stool isn't high enough for ...
See pictures of Marie Antoinette from the time she is an infant through adulthood.
Who was "Stonewall" Jackson, how did he get his nickname and why did he become so famous?
Commodus suffers assassination, as do the next two Caesars who follow him.
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