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.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gives President Johnson the ability to escalate America's involvement in Vietnam, but America resists the draft and prot...
Pliny the Younger witnesses the eruption as townspeople take refuge in their homes.
The Warsaw Ghetto is the first step in the Nazi plan for extermination of the Jews.
With George Washington as the Commander of their army, the colonists use rebel tactics and ambushes to hold their ground.
A military court martial charges Paul Revere with cowardice and disobedience.
Modern scholars wonder if other diseases and bacteria accompanied the medieval-era plague, and that's why it was so infectious and deadly.
In a 2003 outbreak, SARS appears similar to the Spanish flu, but is not the same. The Spanish flu first appears to be swine virus from China.
Learn about the Battle of Waterloo, which serves as the backdrop to "Vanity Fair."
Travel back in time to view plans and witness bloodshed in the Battle of Waterloo through annotated maps, drawings and paintings.
Napoleon escapes from Elba and, during "One Hundred Days," attempts a comeback. This June marks the 200th anniversary of Napleon's defeat at Waterloo.
Upset with the taxes and conditions of the time, Wat Tyler leads peasants, into London where they kill many.
In order to sever all ties with Great Britain, Congress approves the Declaration of Independence.
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